tonguesstuttering.ws · world languages
Find a language Advertise
tonguesstuttering.ws · world languages
AdvertiseAbout the data
  1. stuttering.ws
  2. Niger–Congo
  3. Shona languages
  4. Ndau
ISO 639-3 · ndcndc
Niger–Congo family

Ndau

Ndau is a language of the Shona languages branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Wikidata describes it as “Dialect of Shona”.

5 · Developing
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
ndc
Glottocode
ndau1241
Wikipedia
11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
9levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameNdau
Also calledChindau language, Sofala language, Southeast Shona language, Chidanda language, chiNdau language
Official inZimbabwe

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Ndau

The branches above Ndau, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458Bantubranch27Southern Bantubranch7Shona languagesbranchndcNdaulanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Zimbabweofficial · 24 languages in the indexMozambique39 languages in the index

Also spoken in Zimbabwe

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalxhoXhosaNiger–Congo · 19.2 m1 · NationalnyaChewaNiger–Congo · 12 m3 · Wider CommunicationafrAfrikaansIndo-European · 7.2 m1 · NationaltumTumbukaNiger–Congo · 7 m4 · EducationalsotSesothoNiger–Congo · 6 m1 · NationaltsnTswanaNiger–Congo · 4.5 m1 · NationaltsoTsongaNiger–Congo · 4 m1 · NationalndeNorthern NdebeleNiger–Congo · 1.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationvenVendaNiger–Congo · 1.3 m1 · National