Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 zne
Zande Language Pazande
Zande is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 1.1 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Zande is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Zande
Language family
- Atlantic-Congo
- Volta-Congo
- North Volta-Congo
- Cameroun-Ubangian
- Ubangi
- Zandic
- Zande-Nzakara
- Zande
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Zande language
Zande (Pazande) is spoken by about 1.1 million people, which makes it the 455th most spoken language in the world — just behind Urhobo (1.1 million) and ahead of Kinaray-A (1.1 million). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Zande-Nzakara group within the North Volta-Congo branch.
Where is Zande spoken?
Zande is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in DR Congo (1.1 million).
Zande is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Zande is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Sango, Mossi, Dagbani, Tagwana Senoufo, Cebaara Senoufo, Southern Dagaare and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 zne.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.