Zulu Frequency Dictionary 2 - Intermediate Vocabulary

Intermediate Zulu Vocabulary List: 2501-5000 Most Common Zulu Words

This book is a follow-up of the Zulu Frequency Dictionary - Essential Vocabulary. 

This book expands on the Zulu word list of the first book in the Zulu learning series. You will improve your vocabulary from about CEFR A2+ up to CEFR B2+ level. This frequency dictionary is intended for intermediate Zulu students. 

If you know the 5000 most common Zulu words, you will have a vocabulary similar to an adult native speaker who finished high-school.

You can express yourself with ease, and go about your daily life effortlessly. Shopping, small talk, and regular conversations are easy enough for you. You can read and understand virtually all radio and TV shows, websites, and the newspaper. Reading literature is still challenging, and discussing technical issues in-depth will have you looking for words. 

In technical terms: you can understand 89% of all spoken Zulu and 85% of all written Zulu.

You don't have to have read the 1st book in the series to enjoy this frequency dictionary. Any intermediate Zulu learner will benefit from this book.

You can use this book as a stand-alone Zulu course. You can also use it together with any other intermediate Zulu lessons, courses or methods.

This book contains the 2501 to 5000 most common Zulu words. The Zulu word list is presented to you in a neatly organized manner.

• intermediate Zulu vocabulary, with English translation(s).

• Zulu words ranked by general frequency and alphabet.

• Frequency as part of speech (the most used adjectives, nouns, verbs, etc.)

• Zulu to English example sentences.

• Phonetic spelling of Zulu words (IPA phonetic transcriptions)

What is Inside This Zulu Dictionary?

The basis of this dictionary consisted of over 1 million words. All raw data has been lemmatized and cleaned. We do not list conjugations of verbs and adjectives as separate entries. This book only lists only the root word, just like in a regular dictionary.

This Zulu word list for intermediate students can roughly be divided into three sections:

• 2500 Zulu words, ranked by general frequency.
• Frequency lists by part of speech: 
• list of adjectives in Zulu
• list of adverbs in Zulu
• list of conjunctions in Zulu
• list of prepositions in Zulu
• list of pronouns Zulu
• list of nouns in Zulu
• list of common Zulu verbs
•  2,500 Zulu words in alphabetical order.

Zulu pronunciation can be challenging. We added phonetic transcriptions of Zulu words, so you know how to pronounce Zulu words right. The phonetic spelling of words is done with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

Intermediate Zulu: Summary

The Zulu Frequency Dictionary 2 – Intermediate Vocabulary gives you a high-frequency word list to learn intermediate Zulu. Study the most used words to expand your Zulu vocabulary rapidly. 

These high-frequency words are an excellent tool for intermediate Zulu lessons.

This word list roughly covers CEFR vocabulary ratings from A2+ (advanced beginner) to B2+ (independent user).

Genre: Foreign Language Study.

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The print editions are 6 x 9 inch (15.2 x 22.9 cm), approximately 216 pages each. You can pre-order them now. They are expected to ship in Q1 2027. You pay at checkout and your copy ships as soon as printing is complete. The e-book is a separate option on this page.