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Languages Spoken in Zimbabwe

Official: Barwe and English and Kalanga and Nambya and Ndau and North Ndebele and Nyanja and Sesotho and Shona and Tonga and Tsonga and Tswana and Venda and Xhosa and Zimbabwe Sign Language

Zimbabwe has a population of 17.2 million and is a linguistically diverse country, with 16 languages meeting our inclusion threshold. Barwe and English and Kalanga and Nambya and Ndau and North Ndebele and Nyanja and Sesotho and Shona and Tonga and Tsonga and Tswana and Venda and Xhosa and Zimbabwe Sign Language serve as the official languages. Of the languages spoken in Zimbabwe, 9 are supported by LEXIGO's professional translation services.

17.2M
Population
16
Languages
9
LEXIGO

Languages spoken in Zimbabwe

Shona Official
Latin script
LEXIGO translation services →
81%
CLDR
English Official
English Braille, English alphabet
LEXIGO translation services →
42%
CLDR
North Ndebele Official
Latin script
LEXIGO translation services →
12%
CLDR
Manyika
7%
CLDR
Ndau Official
6%
CLDR
Kalanga Official
5%
CLDR
Nyanja Official
Latin script
LEXIGO translation services →
2%
CLDR
Venda Official
Latin script
LEXIGO translation services →
0.6%
CLDR
Tswana Official
Latin script
LEXIGO translation services →
0.2%
CLDR
Barwe Official
Nambya Official
Latin script
Sesotho Official
Latin script
LEXIGO translation services →
Tonga Official
Latin script
Tsonga Official
Latin script
LEXIGO translation services →
Xhosa Official
Latin script
LEXIGO translation services →
Zimbabwe Sign Language Official
Data sources
Unicode CLDR (population percentages)
CIA World Factbook (official languages)
Wikidata (language families, scripts)
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