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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
-  
-  

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  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
31
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
28
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
25
28,000,000.00  
20

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
18.00 million  
32
16.00 million  
33

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  

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
Kazakh Sign Language  
Zulu Sign Language  

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
kaz  
zul  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-fg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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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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