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Ukrainian and Swahili


Swahili and Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Ukraine  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  
Habari  

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  
Asante  

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

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
будь ласк  
tafadhali  

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)  
pole  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
bye  

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
17
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
44,000,000.00  
15
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
14
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
32
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
75.00 million  
14

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
Kiswahili  

Alternative Names
Ukrayins'ka Mova  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
ukrainien  
swahili  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
[swaˈhili]  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
1561  
6th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Eastern  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian  
Swahili  

Language Position
26  
24
21  
19

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
swa  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
swa  

ISO 639 6
ukr  
swa  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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All Ukrainian and Swahili 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 Ukrainian and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Ukrainian and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Ukrainian are spoken in different Ukrainian Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Ukrainian vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian, Volynian. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Ukrainian and Swahili Speaking population

Ukrainian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ukrainian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Ukrainian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Ukrainian and Swahili on Ukrainian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ukrainian and Swahili Language Codes

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

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