Countries
South Africa
Ukraine
National Language
South Africa
Ukraine
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
Interesting Facts
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
- 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
Xhosa Language
Russian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Writing Direction
Not Available
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Hello
Sawubona
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
How Are You?
unjani
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
Please
Ngiyacela
будь ласк
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
вибачте (vybachte)
Bye
bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Podillian
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Volynian
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Rivne, Volyn
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
isiZulu
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Not Available
French Name
zoulou
ukrainien
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Ukrainisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Ukrainians
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Modern Ukrainian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Ukrainian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
zulu1248
ukra1253
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
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
All Zulu and Ukrainian 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 Zulu and Ukrainian dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Ukrainian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Ukrainian Dialects are spoken in different Ukrainian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Ukrainian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian , Volynian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Zulu and Ukrainian Speaking population
Zulu and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Zulu and Ukrainian on Zulu vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Ukrainian Language Codes
Zulu and Ukrainian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Ukrainian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.