Countries
South Africa
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
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 in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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)
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
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
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Turkic
Branch
Beatu
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Kazakh
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
zulu1248
kaza1248
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
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.