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
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
11.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.