Countries
South Africa
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
11
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National Language
South Africa
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Africa
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
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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.
- 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
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