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Uzbek and Zulu


Zulu and Uzbek


Countries

Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan  
South Africa  

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Pan South African Language Board  

Interesting Facts
  • Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
  • In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  
  • 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
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages  
Xhosa Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
24  
14
50  
35

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salom  
Sawubona  

Thank You
Rakhmat  
Ngiyabonga  

How Are You?
Qalay siz?  
unjani  

Good Night
Hayirli tun  
okuhle ebusuku  

Good Evening
Hayirli kech  
okuhle kusihlwa  

Good Afternoon
Hayirli kun  
okuhle ntambama  

Good Morning
Hayirli tong  
okuhle ekuseni  

Please
Iltimos  
Ngiyacela  

Sorry
Kechiring!  
Ngiyaxolisa  

Bye
Xayr  
bye  

I Love You
Sizni sevaman  
Ngiyakuthanda wena  

Excuse Me
Iltimos! Menga qarang  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tashkent  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
-  
Gabon, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
32,000,000.00  
23
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Afghan  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
-  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
32,000,000.00  
21
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Ferghana  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
-  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
32,000,000.00  
18
28,000,000.00  
20

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.39 %  
36
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
26.00 million  
31
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
32.00 million  
25
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)  
isiZulu  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Isizulu, Zunda  

French Name
ouszbek  
zoulou  

German Name
Usbekisch  
Zulu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[oʻzbek]  
[zuːlu]  

Ethnicity
Uzbek  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
9th–12th centuries AD  
19  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Southestern(Chagatai)  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Chagatay  
urban Zulu  

Standard Forms
Uzbek  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
53  
99+
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Uzbek  
Zulu Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uz  
zu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uzb  
zul  

ISO 639 2/B
uzb  
zul  

ISO 639 3
uzb  
zul  

ISO 639 6
uzb  
zul  

Glottocode
uzbe1247  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-fg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Uzbek and Zulu Speaking population

Uzbek and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uzbek and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Uzbek and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uzbek language is 0.39 % 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 Uzbek and Zulu on Uzbek vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uzbek and Zulu Language Codes

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

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