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Uyghur and Zulu


Zulu and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
China   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   
Pan South African Language Board   

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • 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
Uzbek Language   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Gokturk Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
27   
17
50   
35

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.   
Sawubona   

Thank You
rakhmat   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   
unjani   

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
birdam   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
kachurung   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
Khayr khosh   
bye   

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Kachurung   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
China   
Gabon, South Africa   

Dialect 2
Hotan   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
China   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
Lop Nur   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
China   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.12 %   
99+
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
ouïgour   
zoulou   

German Name
Uigurisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Uyghur   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
11   
19   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Uyghur   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
98   
99+
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ug   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
uig   
zul   

ISO 639 3
uig   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
uigh1240   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Uyghur and Zulu Speaking population

Uyghur and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Uyghur and Zulu on Uyghur vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Zulu Language Codes

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

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