Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
South Africa
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
- 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.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Sawubona
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
unjani
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Ngiyaxolisa
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Gabon, South Africa
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Georgia, South Africa
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Zimbabwe
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
kazakh
zoulou
German Name
Kasachisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
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Ethnicity
Kazahks
Zulu people
Language Family
Turkic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Beatu
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
kaza1248
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Kazakh and Zulu 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 Kazakh and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Zulu language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kazakh vs Zulu Difficulty
The Kazakh vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh Alphabets and Zulu 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 Kazakh and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.