Countries
South Africa
  
China
  
National Language
South Africa
  
China
  
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
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.
  
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Xhosa Language
  
Uzbek Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Gokturk Language
  
Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
Ässalamu läykum.
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
rakhmat
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
birdam
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
kachurung
  
Bye
bye
  
Khayr khosh
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Kachurung
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Turpan
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
China
  
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Hotan
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
China
  
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Lop Nur
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
China
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
10.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiZulu
  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
French Name
zoulou
  
ouïgour
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Uigurisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Uyghur
  
Origin
19
  
11
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Uyghur
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
ug
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
uig
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
uig
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
uig
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
uigh1240
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Zulu and Uyghur 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 Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Uyghur language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Uyghur Difficulty
The Zulu vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu Alphabets and Uyghur 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 Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.