Zulu

Hausa

Zulu and Hausa

Zulu

Hausa

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Countries

South Africa

Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

0 46

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National Language

South Africa

Gambia, Nigeria

Second Language

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Nigeria

Speaking Continents

Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

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

Regulated By

Pan South African Language Board

Interesting Facts

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.

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.

Similar To

Xhosa Language

Yoruba and Igbo Languages

Derived From

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5744

18 247

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Phonology

How Many Vowels

712

0 32

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How Many Consonants

5032

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

Sawubona

sannu

Thank You

Ngiyabonga

gode ku

How Are You?

unjani

yaya dai

Good Night

okuhle ebusuku

mai kyau dare

Good Evening

okuhle kusihlwa

barka da yamma

Good Afternoon

okuhle ntambama

barka da rana

Good Morning

okuhle ekuseni

mai kyau safe

Please

Ngiyacela

Don Allah

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa

yi hakuri

Bye

bye

sai anjima

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena

Ina son ku

Excuse Me

Uxolo

gafara dai

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe

Gaananci

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa

Ghana

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0050,000,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Kurhwayanci

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa

Niger

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.00150,000,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

Ndebele

Daragaram

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe

Niger

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0050.00

2 230000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

420

0 188

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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million50.00 million

0 1200

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Speaking Population

0.16 %0.52 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

12.00 million35.00 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million15.00 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

isiZulu

حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda

Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa

French Name

zoulou

haoussa

German Name

Zulu-Sprache

Haussa-Sprache

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]

[hàʊsà]

Ethnicity

Zulu people

Hausa–Fulani people

History

Origin

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family

Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo

Chadic

Branch

Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

urban Zulu

No early forms

Standard Forms

Deep Zulu

Hausa

Language Position

8734

1 120

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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language

Signed Hausa

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul

hau

ISO 639 2/B

zul

hau

ISO 639 3

zul

hau

ISO 639 6

zul

hau

Glottocode

zulu1248

haus1257

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fg

19-HAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional

Zulu and Hausa Alphabets

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

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

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Zulu and Hausa Speaking population

Zulu and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. 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 Zulu and Hausa on Zulu vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Hausa Language Codes

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