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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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