Zulu Number to Words in JavaScript (zu-ZA)

Use zu-ZA when your application needs Zulu number words for South African invoicing, checkout flows, or documents that print totals in full words.

Locale codes: zu-ZA · Numbering system: Short scale · Currency: Rand / Senti · Script: Latin

Install

npm install to-words

Basic Conversion

import { ToWords } from 'to-words';

const tw = new ToWords({ localeCode: 'zu-ZA' });

tw.convert(100);
tw.convert(1000);
tw.convert(1000000);

Currency - Rand / Senti

tw.convert(1234.56, { currency: true });
tw.convert('500.00', { currency: true, includeZeroFractional: true });

Ordinal Numbers

tw.toOrdinal(1);
tw.toOrdinal(10);
tw.toOrdinal(100);

Locale Codes

Locale code	Country	Currency	Notes
zu-ZA	South Africa	Rand / Senti	Standard Zulu number wording

Related

• Currency guide
• Ordinal guide
• Afrikaans
• All locales

FAQ

Q: Which locale code should I use for Zulu number-to-words output? Use zu-ZA.

Q: Does to-words support Zulu ordinal words? Yes. zu-ZA includes ordinal mappings so toOrdinal() works without any custom suffix logic.