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Ukrainian and Zulu


Zulu 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   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

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   
Pan South African Language Board   

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.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

How Many Consonants
22   
12
50   
35

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
Sawubona   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
Ngiyabonga   

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

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
будь ласк   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
bye   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
Gabon, South Africa   

Dialect 2
Volynian   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million   
32
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
ukrainien   
zoulou   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
1561   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Eastern   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
26   
22
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
zul   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Ukrainian and Zulu Speaking population

Ukrainian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ukrainian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Ukrainian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Ukrainian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ukrainian and Zulu Language Codes

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

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