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Ukrainian and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ukraine   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
15   
12

How Many Consonants
22   
12
17   
7

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
hallo   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
Dankie   

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

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
goeie more   

Please
будь ласк   
asseblief   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
jammer   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
Not Available   

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

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

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

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
Not Available   

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
ukrainien   
afrikaans   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
1561   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Germanic   

Branch
Eastern   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
26   
22
Not Available   

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
afr   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
afri1274   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic   

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All Ukrainian and Afrikaans 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 Ukrainian and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Ukrainian and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Ukrainian are spoken in different Ukrainian Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Ukrainian vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian, Volynian. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Ukrainian and Afrikaans Speaking population

Ukrainian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ukrainian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Ukrainian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Ukrainian and Afrikaans on Ukrainian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ukrainian and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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