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Uyghur and Zulu


Zulu and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
China  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  
Pan South African Language Board  

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • 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
Uzbek Language  
Xhosa Language  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
27  
17
50  
35

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
Sawubona  

Thank You
rakhmat  
Ngiyabonga  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
unjani  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
okuhle ebusuku  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
okuhle kusihlwa  

Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
okuhle ntambama  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
okuhle ekuseni  

Please
birdam  
Ngiyacela  

Sorry
kachurung  
Ngiyaxolisa  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
bye  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
Ngiyakuthanda wena  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
China  
Gabon, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Hotan  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
China  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
China  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
28,000,000.00  
20

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
isiZulu  

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  
Isizulu, Zunda  

French Name
ouïgour  
zoulou  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Zulu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
[zuːlu]  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
11  
19  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
urban Zulu  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
98  
99+
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Zulu Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
zu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
zul  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
zul  

ISO 639 3
uig  
zul  

ISO 639 6
uig  
zul  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
99-AUT-fg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Uyghur and Zulu Speaking population

Uyghur and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % 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 Uyghur and Zulu on Uyghur vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Zulu Language Codes

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

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