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Ukrainian and Xhosa


Xhosa and Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ukraine  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Lesotho, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  
Botswana, Lesotho  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  
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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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
22  
12
43  
32

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  
Molo  

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  
Ndiyabulela  

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

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  
Molo  

Please
будь ласк  
Ndicela  

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

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

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Gcaleka  

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

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
17
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
44,000,000.00  
15
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
14
19.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
9  
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
32
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
11.00 million  
39

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Ukrayins'ka Mova  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
ukrainien  
xhosa  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
1561  
16th 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  
isiXhosa  

Language Position
26  
24
21  
19

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
xho  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
xho  

ISO 639 6
ukr  
xho  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
xhos1239  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

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

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Ukrainian and Xhosa Speaking population

Ukrainian and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ukrainian and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Ukrainian and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Ukrainian vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ukrainian and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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