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Zulu vs Uyghur


Uyghur vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
China   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
57   
34
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
50   
35
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
10.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
0.12 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
87   
99+
98   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

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   

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Zulu and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Uyghur language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11. 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 Uyghur Language History.

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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.

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