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Afrikaans vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs 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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Afrikaans and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Ukrainian language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Afrikaans and Ukrainian Language History.

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Afrikaans and Ukrainian 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 Afrikaans and Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Ukrainian language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Afrikaans vs Ukrainian Difficulty

The Afrikaans vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Ukrainian 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 Afrikaans and Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.

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