1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Gambia, Kazakhstan
1.4 Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
1.7 Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Kazakh language agency
1.8 Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Xhosa Language
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Sawubona
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
3.2 Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
3.3 How Are You?
unjani
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
3.4 Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
3.5 Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
3.6 Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
3.7 Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
3.8 Please
Ngiyacela
өтінемін (ötinemin)
3.9 Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Qwabe
Northeastern Kazakh
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Kazakhstan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Southern Kazakh
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Kazakhstan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million11.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million11.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
isiZulu
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Beatu
Northwestern (Kipchak)
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative