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Swahili and Ukrainian

Swahili
Swahili
Ukrainian
Ukrainian
Ukrainian and Swahili


Countries
Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
Ukraine   
Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   
Ukraine   
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
      •   
  • 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Alphabets
24   
6
33   
15
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3
How Many Consonants
21   
11
22   
12
Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   
Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11
Greetings
Hello
Habari   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
Thank You
Asante   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
How Are You?
Habari gani?   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
Good Night
Usiku mwema   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
Good Evening
Habari za jioni   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
Please
tafadhali   
будь ласк   
Sorry
pole   
вибачте (vybachte)   
Bye
bye   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
I Love You
nakupenda   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
Excuse Me
Samahani   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kiunguja   
Podillian   
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
Dialect 2
Kimrima   
Volynian   
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam   
Rivne, Volyn   
Dialect 3
Kimgao   
Steppe   
Where They Speak
Kilwa   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
15   
14
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million   
13
39.00 million   
32
Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.46 %   
30
Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
39.00 million   
25
Native Name
Not Available   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   
Not Available   
French Name
swahili   
ukrainien   
German Name
Swahili   
Ukrainisch   
Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili   
Ukrainians   
History
Origin
6th century   
1561   
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   
Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Slavic   
Branch
Bantu   
Eastern   
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
Standard Forms
Swahili   
Modern Ukrainian   
Language Position
Not Available   
26   
22
Signed Forms
Not Available   
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   
Code
ISO 639 1
sw   
uk   
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa   
ukr   
ISO 639 2/B
swa   
ukr   
ISO 639 3
swa   
ukr   
ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   
Glottocode
swah1254   
ukra1253   
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living   
Living   
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   
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All Swahili 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 Swahili and Ukrainian dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Ukrainian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Ukrainian Dialects are spoken in different Ukrainian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Ukrainian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian , Volynian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swahili and Ukrainian Speaking population

Swahili and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili and Ukrainian on Swahili vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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