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Zulu vs Turkish


Turkish vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
11   
5

National Language
South Africa   
Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
50   
35
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
unjani   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
günaydın   

Please
Ngiyacela   
lütfen   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
üzgünüm   

Bye
bye   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
isiZulu   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
zoulou   
turc   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Turkish   

History

Origin
19   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Turkic   

Branch
Beatu   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
87   
99+
19   
17

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
tur   

ISO 639 3
zul   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Zulu and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Turkish language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Zulu vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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