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
Not Available
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
Zulu 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 Zulu and Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Ukrainian language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Ukrainian Difficulty
The Zulu vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu 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 Zulu and Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.