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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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