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Zulu vs Turkish


Turkish vs 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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Zulu and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Turkish language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Zulu and Turkish Language History.

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Zulu and Turkish Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Zulu and Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Turkish language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Zulu vs Turkish Difficulty

The Zulu vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Turkish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Zulu and Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.

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