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Catalan vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain   
Ukraine   

Second Language
Spain   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • 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
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200   
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
23   
13
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hola   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Gràcies   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Com estàs?   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Bona nit   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
Bona nit   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
Bon dia   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
Sisplau   
будь ласк   

Sorry
Perdó!   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
Adéu   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
T'estimo   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Dispensi!   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Valencian   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Rivne, Volyn   

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00   
19
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Spain   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.20 million   
99+
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
4.10 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million   
28
Not Available   

Native Name
català   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian   
Not Available   

French Name
catalan; valencien   
ukrainien   

German Name
Katalanisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Catalan people   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
c. 1028   
1561   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
Not Available   
26   
22

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ca   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
cat   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
cat   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1289   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Catalan and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Ukrainian language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Catalan and Ukrainian Language History.

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Catalan 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 Catalan and Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Ukrainian language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Catalan vs Ukrainian Difficulty

The Catalan vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan 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 Catalan and Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.

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