Countries
Ukraine
South Africa
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
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Alphabets in
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
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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
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
Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
Zimbabwe
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Not Available
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
ukrainien
zoulou
German Name
Ukrainisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
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Ethnicity
Ukrainians
Zulu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
ukra1253
zulu1248
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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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.