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Afrikaans and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
South Africa   
Ukraine   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Dankie   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
goeie nag   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
goeie more   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
asseblief   
будь ласк   

Sorry
jammer   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
Not Available   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
Not Available   

Native Name
Afrikaans   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Not Available   

French Name
afrikaans   
ukrainien   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
17th Century   
1561   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Western   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
Not Available   
26   
22

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
afr   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Afrikaans and Ukrainian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Ukrainian dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Ukrainian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Ukrainian Dialects are spoken in different Ukrainian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Ukrainian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian , Volynian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Ukrainian Speaking population

Afrikaans and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Ukrainian on Afrikaans vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Ukrainian Language Codes

Afrikaans and Ukrainian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Ukrainian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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