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Zulu vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
South Africa  
Gambia, Kazakhstan  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
Kazakh language agency  

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.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
50  
35
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  

How Are You?
unjani  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  

Please
Ngiyacela  
өтінемін (ötinemin)  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  

Bye
bye  
bye  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Northeastern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Kazakhstan  

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Southern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Kazakhstan  

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Western Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Kazakhstan  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
Not Available  

Native Name
isiZulu  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  

French Name
zoulou  
kazakh  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Kasachisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Kazahks  

History

Origin
19  
17th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Turkic  

Branch
Beatu  
Northwestern (Kipchak)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Kazakh  

Language Position
87  
99+
93  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
kk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
kaz  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
kaz  

ISO 639 3
zul  
kaz  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
kaza1248  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Zulu and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Kazakh language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century. 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 Zulu and Kazakh Language History.

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Zulu and Kazakh 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 Zulu and Kazakh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Kazakh language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Kazakh word for "Thank You" is Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge). Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Kazakh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Zulu vs Kazakh Difficulty

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

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