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Shona
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Countries

Countries

Zimbabwe
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
South Africa

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
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

  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  • 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

Kalanga and Nambya Language
Xhosa Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3757
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4650
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Mhoro
Sawubona

Thank You

Waita zvako
Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

Wakadini zvako?
unjani

Good Night

Urare zvakanaka
okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

Manheru
okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

Masikati
okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

Mangwanani
okuhle ekuseni

Please

Ndinokumbirawo
Ngiyacela

Sorry

Ndineurombo
Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

bye
bye

I Love You

Ndinokuda
Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

Pamusoro
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hwesa
Qwabe

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Karanga
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

southern Zimbabwe
Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

1,100,000.0028,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Zezuru
Ndebele

Where They Speak

central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

16.0028,000,000.00
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?

25.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.30 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

chiShona
isiZulu

Alternative Names

Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

shona
zoulou

German Name

Schona-Sprache
Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ʃoːna]
[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

Shona people
Zulu people

History

Origin

20th century
19

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Benue-Congo

Branch

Bantu
Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Shona and Middle Shona
urban Zulu

Standard Forms

Standard Shona
Deep Zulu

Language Position

10787
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Shona
Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sn
zu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sna
zul

ISO 639 2/B

sna
zul

ISO 639 3

sna
zul

ISO 639 6

sna
zul

Glottocode

core1255
zulu1248

Linguasphere

99-AUT-a
99-AUT-fg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Shona and Zulu Alphabets

Shona and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Zulu. In Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Shona and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Zulu languages. The Shona phonology consist Shona vowels and Shona consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Shona greetings vs Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Shona and Zulu Speaking population

Shona and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % 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 Shona and Zulu on Shona vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Zulu Language Codes

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