Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
- 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.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Xhosa Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2457
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1750
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Sawubona
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
unjani
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
bye
bye
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
18,000,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
kazakh
zoulou
German Name
Kasachisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Kazahks
Zulu people
Origin
17th Century
19
Language Family
Turkic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Deep Zulu
Language Position
9387
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
kk
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
zul
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
zul
ISO 639 3
kaz
zul
ISO 639 6
kaz
zul
Glottocode
kaza1248
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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