Countries
Ukraine
South Africa
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 in
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
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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
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
Dialect 1
Podillian
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
South Africa
Dialect 2
Volynian
Thembu
Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn
South Africa
Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
South Africa
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Not Available
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
ukrainien
xhosa
German Name
Ukrainisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
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Ethnicity
Ukrainians
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian
isiXhosa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
ukra1253
xhos1239
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
99-AUT-fa
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.
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.