Zulu /ˈzuːluː/, noma isiZulu wulimi lwabantu base Ningizimu neAfrika abayingxenye yamaNguni. Abantu abakhuluma isiZulu babizwa ngama Zulu. Lalela ke; isiZulu wulimi lwamaZulu. Sikhulunywa abantu bokudabuka abayizigidi eziyishumi nambili (12 million), abatholakala ikakhulukazi esifundazweni sakwaZulu-Natal, eNingizimu Afrika. IsiZulu yilona lulimi lokudabuka olukhulunywa kunazozonke eNingizimu Afrika (24% yabantu). Ekanti nesigamu (50%) sabantu ezweni siyaluqonda lolulimi[5]. Ngo 1994 isiZulu sabekwa njengolunye lwezilimu eziyishumi nanye (11) ezisemthethweni eNingizimu Afrika. Ngokosolwazi, isiZulu silandela isiSwahili ngokukhulunywa kakhulu ezilimini zaBantu. Njengazo zonke izilimu zaBantu, isiZulu sibhalwa ngezinhlamvu zesiLatin. Ngokwe Singisi sase Ningizimu Afrika, lolulimi lubizwa ngendlela yokudabuka kuthiwe "isiZulu". Izibonelo ezilimini zesiBantu IsiSwahili IsiLingala IsiZulu IsiShona IsiXhosa IsiKinyarwanda IsiLubalulua IsiUmbundu IsiChewa Abantu abafudukayo basithatha isiZulu baya naso emazweni angomakhelwane, ikakhulukazi eZimbabwe lapho khona isiNdebele saseNyakatho sisondelene kakhulu nesiZulu. IsiXhosa, esingulimi olukhulunywa kakhulu eMpumalanga Koloni kuthiwa naso - njengolimi lwesiNdebele - sicishe sifane nesiZulu.