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Countries

Countries

South Africa
United States of America

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
United States of America

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
North America

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.
  • 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.

Similar To

Xhosa Language
Apache Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5736
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

712
0 32
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How Many Consonants

5034
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

32
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sawubona
Yá'át'ééh

Thank You

Ngiyabonga
Ahéhee'

How Are You?

unjani
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?

Good Night

okuhle ebusuku
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'

Good Evening

okuhle kusihlwa
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní

Good Afternoon

okuhle ntambama
Yá'át'ééh

Good Morning

okuhle ekuseni
Yá'át'ééh abíní

Please

Ngiyacela
T'aa shoodi

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa
Nízhdził

Bye

bye
Hágoónee’

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena
Ayóó ánííníshí

Excuse Me

Uxolo
Shoohá

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe
Navajo1

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa
Arizona

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Navajo2

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa
New Mexico

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.00170,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ndebele
Navajo3

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Utah

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.00120,000.00
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?

30.00 million1.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.16 %0.05 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million1.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million0.17 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiZulu
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda
Navaho

French Name

zoulou
navaho

German Name

Zulu-Sprache
Navajo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]

Ethnicity

Zulu people
Navajo people

History

Origin

19
1500 CE

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Athapascan

Branch

Beatu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

urban Zulu
No early forms

Standard Forms

Deep Zulu
Navajo

Language Position

8729
1 120
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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language
Navajo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

zu
nv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul
nav

ISO 639 2/B

zul
nav

ISO 639 3

zul
nav

ISO 639 6

zul
nav

Glottocode

zulu1248
nava1243

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fg
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic

Zulu and Navajo Alphabets

Zulu and Navajo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Navajo. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Navajo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Zulu and Navajo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Navajo 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 Navajo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Navajo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Navajo Speaking population

Zulu and Navajo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Navajo languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Navajo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Navajo language is 0.05 %. 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 Navajo on Zulu vs Navajo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Navajo Language Codes

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