Countries
South Africa
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Kazakh language agency
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Xhosa Language
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5724
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
5017
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sawubona
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
unjani
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
Ngiyacela
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
bye
bye
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ndebele
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.16 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiZulu
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
zoulou
kazakh
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Kazahks
Origin
19
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Turkic
Branch
Beatu
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Kazakh
Language Position
8793
1
120
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Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zu
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
zul
kaz
ISO 639 3
zul
kaz
ISO 639 6
zul
kaz
Glottocode
zulu1248
kaza1248
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative