Countries
South Africa
Ukraine
National Language
South Africa
Ukraine
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
Regulated By
Not Available
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Russian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
Hello
Molo
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
How Are You?
Unjani
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
Good Morning
Molo
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
вибачте (vybachte)
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
до побачення (do pobachennya)
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Podillian
Where They Speak
South Africa
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
Dialect 2
Thembu
Volynian
Where They Speak
South Africa
Rivne, Volyn
Where They Speak
South Africa
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
isiXhosa
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Not Available
French Name
xhosa
ukrainien
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Ukrainisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Ukrainians
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Modern Ukrainian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Ukrainian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
xhos1239
ukra1253
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Ukrainian language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Ukrainian Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.