Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Uzbek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salom
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
Rakhmat
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
Qalay siz?
  
unjani
  
Good Night
Hayirli tun
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
Hayirli kech
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
Hayirli kun
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
Hayirli tong
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
Iltimos
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
Kechiring!
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
Xayr
  
bye
  
I Love You
Sizni sevaman
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
Iltimos! Menga qarang
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Tashkent
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
Dialect 2
Afghan
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Ferghana
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
26.00 million
  
31
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
ouszbek
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Usbekisch
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Uzbek
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
9th–12th centuries AD
  
19
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Southestern(Chagatai)
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Chagatay
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Uzbek
  
Deep Zulu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
uz
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uzb
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
uzb
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
uzb
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
uzbe1247
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Uzbek 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 Uzbek and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uzbek and Zulu language. Uzbek word for "Hello" is Salom or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Uzbek Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Uzbek vs Zulu Difficulty
The Uzbek vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uzbek 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 Uzbek and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uzbek and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uzbek is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.