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Ukrainian vs Xhosa


Xhosa 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  
Lesotho, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  
Botswana, Lesotho  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
Not Available  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
22  
12
43  
32

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)  
Molo  

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  
Ndiyabulela  

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

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  
Molo  

Please
будь ласк  
Ndicela  

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

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

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Gcaleka  

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

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
South Africa  

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
30
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
11.00 million  
21

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
ukrainien  
xhosa  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
1561  
16th 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  
isiXhosa  

Language Position
26  
22
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
xho  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
xho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
xhos1239  

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

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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Ukrainian and Xhosa Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Xhosa language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Xhosa language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 whereas history of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Xhosa Language History.

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Ukrainian and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ukrainian and Xhosa language. Ukrainian word for "Hello" is Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte) or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Ukrainian Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Ukrainian vs Xhosa Difficulty

The Ukrainian vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ukrainian Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ukrainian and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ukrainian is 44 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.

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