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Zulu vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs 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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Zulu and Ukrainian Language History

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

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

Zulu vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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