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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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