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Kazakh and Zulu


Zulu and Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
24   
6
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
17   
7
50   
35

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Gabon, South Africa   

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

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]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kazahks   
Zulu people   

History

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
93   
99+
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kaza1248   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Kazakh and Zulu Speaking population

Kazakh and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kazakh and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Kazakh and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Kazakh and Zulu on Kazakh vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kazakh and Zulu Language Codes

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

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