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Zulu and Turkish


Turkish and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
11  
5

National Language
South Africa  
Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
50  
35
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
unjani  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
günaydın  

Please
Ngiyacela  
lütfen  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
üzgünüm  

Bye
bye  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
20
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
isiZulu  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
zoulou  
turc  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[zuːlu]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Turkish  

History

Origin
19  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Turkic  

Branch
Beatu  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
87  
99+
19  
17

Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
tur  

ISO 639 3
zul  
tur  

ISO 639 6
zul  
tur  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Zulu and Turkish Speaking population

Zulu and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Turkish on Zulu vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Turkish Language Codes

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

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