Countries
South Africa
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
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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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Dagbani Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5726
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
78
0
32
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How Many Consonants
5016
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sawubona
Kia ora
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Laafi bala
How Are You?
unjani
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Kia ora
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Ne y yibeogo
Please
Ngiyacela
gafare
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
gafare
Bye
bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Saremde
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ndebele
Taolende
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
48
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
30.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.16 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
12.00 million7.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
16.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiZulu
Mosse
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
zoulou
moré
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Mossi
Origin
19
11th Century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Western Sudanic
Branch
Beatu
Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Mossi
Language Position
8737
1
120
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Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zu
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
mos
ISO 639 2/B
zul
mos
ISO 639 3
zul
mos
ISO 639 6
zul
mos
Glottocode
zulu1248
moss1236
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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