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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Ukrainian and Xhosa 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 Ukrainian and Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ukrainian and Xhosa language. Ukrainian word for "Hello" is Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte) or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Ukrainian Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ukrainian vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Ukrainian vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ukrainian Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Ukrainian and Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ukrainian and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ukrainian is 44 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.