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Ukrainian vs Zulu


Zulu 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  
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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Ukrainian and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Zulu language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Zulu Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs Zulu Difficulty

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

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