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Zulu vs Uzbek


Uzbek vs 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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Zulu and Uzbek Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Uzbek language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Uzbek language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Uzbek language states that this language originated in 9th–12th centuries AD. 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 Uzbek Language History.

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Zulu and Uzbek 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 Uzbek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Uzbek language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Uzbek word for "Thank You" is Rakhmat. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Uzbek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Zulu vs Uzbek Difficulty

The Zulu vs Uzbek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Uzbek 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 Uzbek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Uzbek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Uzbek time required is 44 weeks.

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