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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
11
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Not Available
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Xhosa Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
57NA
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
75
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
5046
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
34
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeksNA
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Sawubona
Mhoro
3.2 Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Waita zvako
3.3 How Are You?
unjani
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Manheru
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Masikati
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Mangwanani
3.8 Please
Ngiyacela
Ndinokumbirawo
3.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Ndineurombo
3.10 Bye
bye
bye
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
Pamusoro
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Qwabe
Hwesa
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Zimbabwe
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Karanga
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Ndebele
Zezuru
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
44
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million25.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.16 %0.13 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million8.30 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
16.00 millionNA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
isiZulu
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
zoulou
shona
5.3.5 German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Zulu people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
19
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Beatu
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Not Available
6.3.3 Language Position
87107
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
zu
sn
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
zul
sna
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
zul
sna
7.3 ISO 639 3
zul
sna
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
zulu1248
core1255
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
99-AUT-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available

Zulu and Shona Alphabets

Zulu and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Shona. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters. To learn Zulu and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Shona 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 Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Shona Speaking population

Zulu and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Zulu vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Shona Language Codes

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