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Zulu and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Ukraine  

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Xhosa Language  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
50  
35
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
Sawubona  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

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

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
Ngiyacela  
будь ласк  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
bye  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Podillian  

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

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Rivne, Volyn  

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.46 %  
30

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
Not Available  

Native Name
isiZulu  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Not Available  

French Name
zoulou  
ukrainien  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
19  
1561  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Slavic  

Branch
Beatu  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
87  
99+
26  
22

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
zul  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
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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All Zulu 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 Zulu and Ukrainian dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Ukrainian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Ukrainian Dialects are spoken in different Ukrainian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Ukrainian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian , Volynian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Zulu and Ukrainian Speaking population

Zulu and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % 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 Zulu and Ukrainian on Zulu vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Ukrainian Language Codes

Zulu and Ukrainian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Ukrainian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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