Countries
South Africa
Ukraine
National Language
South Africa
Ukraine
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
Regulated By
Not Available
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Russian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
Hello
Molo
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
How Are You?
Unjani
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
Good Morning
Molo
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
вибачте (vybachte)
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
до побачення (do pobachennya)
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Podillian
Where They Speak
South Africa
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
Dialect 2
Thembu
Volynian
Where They Speak
South Africa
Rivne, Volyn
Where They Speak
South Africa
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
isiXhosa
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Not Available
French Name
xhosa
ukrainien
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Ukrainisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Ukrainians
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Modern Ukrainian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Ukrainian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
xhos1239
ukra1253
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
All Xhosa and Ukrainian 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 Xhosa and Ukrainian dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Ukrainian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Ukrainian Dialects are spoken in different Ukrainian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Ukrainian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian , Volynian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Xhosa and Ukrainian Speaking population
Xhosa and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Xhosa and Ukrainian on Xhosa vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Ukrainian Language Codes
Xhosa and Ukrainian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Ukrainian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
