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Ukrainian and Swahili


Swahili and Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Ukraine   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
22   
12
21   
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
Habari   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
Asante   

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
будь ласк   
tafadhali   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
pole   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
bye   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
Zanzibar island   

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Dar es Salaam   

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Kilwa   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million   
32
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
Not Available   

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
ukrainien   
swahili   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
1561   
6th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Eastern   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Swahili   

Language Position
26   
22
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
swa   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Ukrainian and Swahili Speaking population

Ukrainian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ukrainian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Ukrainian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili on Ukrainian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ukrainian and Swahili Language Codes

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

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