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Turkish vs Zulu


Zulu vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
1   
14

National Language
Turkey   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Pan South African Language Board   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
50   
35

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
Sawubona   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
unjani   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
günaydın   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
lütfen   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
bye   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Gabon, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Georgia, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Türkçe   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
turc   
zoulou   

German Name
Türkisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
19   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
19   
17
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
zul   

ISO 639 3
tur   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Turkish and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Zulu language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Turkish and Zulu Language History.

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

Turkish vs Zulu Difficulty

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

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