Countries
Countries
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5737
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
5046
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Sawubona
Mhoro
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Waita zvako
How Are You?
unjani
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Manheru
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Masikati
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Mangwanani
Please
Ngiyacela
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Ndineurombo
Bye
bye
bye
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Pamusoro
Dialects
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Karanga
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ndebele
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0016.00
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 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.16 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
12.00 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
16.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiZulu
chiShona
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
zoulou
shona
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Shona people
History
Origin
19
20th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Benue-Congo
Branch
Beatu
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Standard Shona
Language Position
87107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
zu
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
sna
ISO 639 2/B
zul
sna
ISO 639 3
zul
sna
ISO 639 6
zul
sna
Glottocode
zulu1248
core1255
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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