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Cantonese and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Guangdong  
Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
22  
12

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
您好  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
谢谢  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
晚安  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
晚上好  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
早上好  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
请  
будь ласк  

Sorry
遗憾  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
再见  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
我爱你  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
71,000,000.00  
13
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
71,000,000.00  
11
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
70,000,000.00  
10
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
71.00 million  
15
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
cantonais  
ukrainien  

German Name
Kantonesisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Han Chinese  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
17th century  
1561  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
1  
1
26  
24

Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yue  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
yue  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
yue  
ukr  

Glottocode
cant1236  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Ukrainian dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Ukrainian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Ukrainian Dialects are spoken in different Ukrainian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Ukrainian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian , Volynian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Cantonese and Ukrainian Speaking population

Cantonese and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Ukrainian on Cantonese vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and Ukrainian Language Codes

Cantonese and Ukrainian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Ukrainian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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