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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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