Home
Languagevs


Ukrainian vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs 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  

Countries >>
<< All

Ukrainian and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Afrikaans language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Ukrainian and Afrikaans Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

Ukrainian and Afrikaans Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Ukrainian and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ukrainian and Afrikaans language. Ukrainian word for "Hello" is Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte) or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Ukrainian Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Ukrainian vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Ukrainian vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ukrainian Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Ukrainian and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ukrainian and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ukrainian is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages