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Zulu and Uzbek


Uzbek and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Turkey, Uzbekistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Middle East  

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
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
50  
35
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
Salom  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
Rakhmat  

How Are You?
unjani  
Qalay siz?  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
Hayirli tun  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
Hayirli kech  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
Hayirli kun  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
Hayirli tong  

Please
Ngiyacela  
Iltimos  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
Kechiring!  

Bye
bye  
Xayr  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
Sizni sevaman  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Iltimos! Menga qarang  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Tashkent  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
-  

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

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Afghan  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
-  

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

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Ferghana  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
-  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.39 %  
36

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
26.00 million  
31

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
32.00 million  
25

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

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

French Name
zoulou  
ouszbek  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Usbekisch  

Pronunciation
[zuːlu]  
[oʻzbek]  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Uzbek  

History

Origin
19  
9th–12th centuries AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Turkic  

Branch
Beatu  
Southestern(Chagatai)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
Chagatay  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Uzbek  

Language Position
87  
99+
53  
99+

Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language  
Signed Uzbek  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
uz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
uzb  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
uzb  

ISO 639 3
zul  
uzb  

ISO 639 6
zul  
uzb  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
uzbe1247  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Zulu and Uzbek Speaking population

Zulu and Uzbek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Uzbek languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Uzbek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Uzbek language is 0.39 %. 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 Uzbek on Zulu vs Uzbek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Uzbek Language Codes

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

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