Syllable Frequency: Zulu

On this page you can see two tables with the frequencies of the syllables of the Zulu language. These lists were created with the syllable counter, which is integrated in the WordCreator. Basis of these frequency lists was a Zulu text with 1,733,095 characters (196,638 words), which consisted of a good mix of different literary genres.

Two-Party Syllables (Digrams)
Three-Party Syllables (Trigrams)

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Two-Party Syllables (Digrams)

In the following two tables, you can see the two-party syllables (digrams) in Zulu. From the original text, 671,621 two-party syllables were extracted, in the table only two-party syllables with a probability of at least 0.70 % are shown. The first list is sorted alphabetically according to the syllables, the second list according to the frequencies of the syllables. Accordingly, the digrams NG, KU and AN are the most frequent occurring letter combinations in the Zulu language.

Letter	Frequency
AB	1.02 %
AK	0.98 %
AL	0.96 %
AM	1.17 %
AN	2.33 %
BA	1.26 %
EL	1.54 %
EN	1.77 %
ES	0.80 %
EZ	0.98 %
GA	0.91 %
HA	1.24 %
HE	0.83 %
HI	1.15 %
HO	0.74 %
IN	1.77 %
IS	1.27 %
KA	1.37 %
KH	0.97 %
KU	2.35 %
KW	0.77 %
LA	1.83 %
LE	1.25 %
LI	0.91 %
LO	0.86 %
LU	0.75 %
MA	1.28 %
NA	0.81 %
ND	0.89 %
NE	0.77 %
NG	2.57 %
NI	1.12 %
OK	1.15 %
ON	0.82 %
PH	0.84 %
SE	0.85 %
SI	1.21 %
TH	1.76 %
UK	1.17 %
UL	0.92 %
UN	0.88 %
WA	1.69 %
WE	1.17 %
YE	0.75 %
ZI	1.66 %

Letter	Frequency
NG	2.57 %
KU	2.35 %
AN	2.33 %
LA	1.83 %
EN	1.77 %
IN	1.77 %
TH	1.76 %
WA	1.69 %
ZI	1.66 %
EL	1.54 %
KA	1.37 %
MA	1.28 %
IS	1.27 %
BA	1.26 %
LE	1.25 %
HA	1.24 %
SI	1.21 %
WE	1.17 %
UK	1.17 %
AM	1.17 %
HI	1.15 %
OK	1.15 %
NI	1.12 %
AB	1.02 %
AK	0.98 %
EZ	0.98 %
KH	0.97 %
AL	0.96 %
UL	0.92 %
LI	0.91 %
GA	0.91 %
ND	0.89 %
UN	0.88 %
LO	0.86 %
SE	0.85 %
PH	0.84 %
HE	0.83 %
ON	0.82 %
NA	0.81 %
ES	0.80 %
KW	0.77 %
NE	0.77 %
LU	0.75 %
YE	0.75 %
HO	0.74 %

Three-Party Syllables (Trigrams)

In the last two tables, you can see the three-party syllables (trigrams) of the Zulu language. From the original text, 213,865 three-party syllables were extracted. In the table, only trigrams with a probability of at least 0.35 % are published. The first list is sorted by the syllables, the second list is ordered by the frequencies of the syllables. Accordingly, the trigrams OKU, THI and NGA are the most frequent in the Zulu language.

Letter	Frequency
ABA	0.69 %
AKA	0.48 %
AKH	0.40 %
ALA	0.39 %
AMA	0.79 %
AND	0.39 %
ANG	0.47 %
APH	0.36 %
ATH	0.58 %
BAN	0.36 %
ELA	0.61 %
ELE	0.43 %
ENG	0.38 %
ENI	0.54 %
ENZ	0.37 %
ESI	0.55 %
EZI	0.76 %
HLA	0.36 %
ING	0.61 %
ISI	0.37 %
IZI	0.45 %
KAN	0.35 %
KHU	0.38 %
KUT	0.36 %
KWA	0.41 %
KWE	0.44 %
LWA	0.37 %
NGA	0.92 %
NGE	0.58 %
NGO	0.74 %
NYE	0.42 %
OKU	0.96 %
PHA	0.44 %
THI	0.94 %
UKU	0.76 %
ULU	0.46 %
UTH	0.71 %
ZIN	0.62 %

Letter	Frequency
OKU	0.96 %
THI	0.94 %
NGA	0.92 %
AMA	0.79 %
UKU	0.76 %
EZI	0.76 %
NGO	0.74 %
UTH	0.71 %
ABA	0.69 %
ZIN	0.62 %
ELA	0.61 %
ING	0.61 %
NGE	0.58 %
ATH	0.58 %
ESI	0.55 %
ENI	0.54 %
AKA	0.48 %
ANG	0.47 %
ULU	0.46 %
IZI	0.45 %
KWE	0.44 %
PHA	0.44 %
ELE	0.43 %
NYE	0.42 %
KWA	0.41 %
AKH	0.40 %
ALA	0.39 %
AND	0.39 %
KHU	0.38 %
ENG	0.38 %
ENZ	0.37 %
LWA	0.37 %
ISI	0.37 %
APH	0.36 %
KUT	0.36 %
BAN	0.36 %
HLA	0.36 %
KAN	0.35 %

A list of Zulu letter frequencies can be found here.

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