Countries
South Africa
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
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
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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)
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
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Kazakhstan
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Kazakhstan
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Not Available
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Kazahks
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Turkic
Branch
Beatu
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Kazakh
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
zulu1248
kaza1248
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Zulu and Kazakh 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 Zulu and Kazakh dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Kazakh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Kazakh Dialects are spoken in different Kazakh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Kazakh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Kazakh dialects include: Northeastern Kazakh , Southern Kazakh. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Zulu and Kazakh Speaking population
Zulu and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 %. 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 Zulu and Kazakh on Zulu vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Kazakh Language Codes
Zulu and Kazakh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Kazakh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.