Countries
China
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
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
  
Uyghur 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 Uyghur and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uyghur and Zulu language. Uyghur word for "Hello" is Ässalamu läykum. or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Uyghur Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Uyghur vs Zulu Difficulty
The Uyghur vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur 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 Uyghur and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.