Hausa

Zulu

Hausa and Zulu

Hausa

Zulu

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Countries

Nigeria

South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

0 46

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National Language

Gambia, Nigeria

South Africa

Second Language

Nigeria

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Speaking Continents

Africa

Minority Language

Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo

Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Pan South African Language Board

Interesting Facts

Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.

The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.

Similar To

Yoruba and Igbo Languages

Xhosa Language

Derived From

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4457

18 247

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Phonology

How Many Vowels

127

0 32

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How Many Consonants

3250

9 60

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Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

sannu

Sawubona

Thank You

gode ku

Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

yaya dai

unjani

Good Night

mai kyau dare

okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

barka da yamma

okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

barka da rana

okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

mai kyau safe

okuhle ekuseni

Please

Don Allah

Ngiyacela

Sorry

yi hakuri

Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

sai anjima

bye

I Love You

Ina son ku

Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

gafara dai

Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gaananci

Qwabe

Where They Speak

Ghana

Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

50,000,000.0028,000,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

Kurhwayanci

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

Niger

Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

150,000,000.0028,000,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

Daragaram

Ndebele

Where They Speak

Niger

Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

50.0028,000,000.00

2 230000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

204

0 188

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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

50.00 million30.00 million

0 1200

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Speaking Population

0.52 %0.16 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

35.00 million12.00 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

15.00 million16.00 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)

isiZulu

Alternative Names

Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa

Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

haoussa

zoulou

German Name

Haussa-Sprache

Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

[hàʊsà]

[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

Hausa–Fulani people

Zulu people

History

Origin

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family

Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Chadic

Benue-Congo

Branch

Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

urban Zulu

Standard Forms

Hausa

Deep Zulu

Language Position

3487

1 120

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Signed Forms

Signed Hausa

Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

hau

zul

ISO 639 2/B

hau

zul

ISO 639 3

hau

zul

ISO 639 6

hau

zul

Glottocode

haus1257

zulu1248

Linguasphere

19-HAA-b

99-AUT-fg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional

Hausa and Zulu Alphabets

Hausa and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Hausa and Zulu. In Hausa Alphabets there are 44 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Hausa and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Hausa and Zulu languages. The Hausa phonology consist Hausa vowels and Hausa consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Hausa greetings vs Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Hausa and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

All Hausa and Zulu Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Hausa and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Hausa and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hausa are spoken in different Hausa Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hausa vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hausa dialects include: Gaananci, Kurhwayanci. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Hausa and Zulu Speaking population

Hausa and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Hausa and Zulu on Hausa vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and Zulu Language Codes

Hausa and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hausa and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.