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Zulu and Uyghur


Uyghur and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
China  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
China  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

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

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

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

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Uzbek Language  

Derived From
-  
Gokturk Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
50  
35
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
Ässalamu läykum.  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
rakhmat  

How Are You?
unjani  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Please
Ngiyacela  
birdam  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
kachurung  

Bye
bye  
Khayr khosh  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
sizni yahshi kOrman  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Kachurung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Turpan  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
China  

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

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Hotan  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
China  

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

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Lop Nur  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
China  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
7  
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
isiZulu  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  

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

French Name
zoulou  
ouïgour  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Uigurisch  

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

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Uyghur  

History

Origin
19  
11  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Beatu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Uyghur  

Language Position
87  
99+
98  
99+

Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language  
Signed Uyghur  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
ug  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
uig  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
uig  

ISO 639 3
zul  
uig  

ISO 639 6
zul  
uig  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
uigh1240  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Zulu and Uyghur Speaking population

Zulu and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 %. 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 Uyghur on Zulu vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Uyghur Language Codes

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

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