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Countries

Countries

United States of America
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

United States of America
South Africa

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Speaking Continents

North America
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Pan South African Language Board

Interesting Facts

  • Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
  • Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
  • 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

Apache Language
Xhosa Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3657
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

127
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3450
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

23
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Yá'át'ééh
Sawubona

Thank You

Ahéhee'
Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
unjani

Good Night

Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

Yá'át'ééh
okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

Yá'át'ééh abíní
okuhle ekuseni

Please

T'aa shoodi
Ngiyacela

Sorry

Nízhdził
Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

Hágoónee’
bye

I Love You

Ayóó ánííníshí
Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

Shoohá
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Navajo1
Qwabe

Where They Speak

Arizona
Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

170,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Navajo2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

New Mexico
Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

170,000.0028,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Navajo3
Ndebele

Where They Speak

Utah
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

120,000.0028,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

44
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.70 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.05 %0.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

1.70 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.17 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
isiZulu

Alternative Names

Navaho
Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

navaho
zoulou

German Name

Navajo-Sprache
Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈnævəhoʊ]
[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

Navajo people
Zulu people

History

Origin

1500 CE
19

Language Family

Dené–Yeniseian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Athapascan
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
urban Zulu

Standard Forms

Navajo
Deep Zulu

Language Position

2987
1 120
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Signed Forms

Navajo Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

nv
zu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nav
zul

ISO 639 2/B

nav
zul

ISO 639 3

nav
zul

ISO 639 6

nav
zul

Glottocode

nava1243
zulu1248

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUT-fg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
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Navajo and Zulu Alphabets

Navajo and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Navajo and Zulu. In Navajo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Navajo and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Navajo and Zulu languages. The Navajo phonology consist Navajo vowels and Navajo consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Navajo greetings vs Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Navajo and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

All Navajo 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 Navajo and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Navajo and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Navajo are spoken in different Navajo Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Navajo vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Navajo dialects include: Navajo1, Navajo2. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Navajo and Zulu Speaking population

Navajo and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Navajo and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Navajo and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Navajo language is 0.05 % 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 Navajo and Zulu on Navajo vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Navajo and Zulu Language Codes

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