Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
South Africa
National Language
Turkey
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
- 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
Azerbaijani Language
Xhosa Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
teşekkür ederim
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
unjani
Good Night
İyi Geceler
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
günaydın
okuhle ekuseni
Sorry
üzgünüm
Ngiyaxolisa
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Gabon, South Africa
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Georgia, South Africa
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Zimbabwe
Native Name
Türkçe
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Isizulu, Zunda
German Name
Türkisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Turkish
Zulu people
Language Family
Turkic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Beatu
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1301
zulu1248
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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Turkish and Zulu Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Turkish and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Zulu language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Zulu Difficulty
The Turkish vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Zulu Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Turkish and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.