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Xhosa vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
53  
32
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
43  
32
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Please
Ndicela  
будь ласк  

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)  

Dialects

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  

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
15  
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.46 %  
30

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
21
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  

History

Origin
16th Century  
1561  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Slavic  

Branch
Bantu  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
Not Available  
26  
22

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
xho  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
ukra1253  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Xhosa and Ukrainian Language History

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

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

Xhosa vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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