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Ukrainian and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Ukraine  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Japanese and Korean Languages  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
22  
12

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

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

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
будь ласк  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

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

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Wu  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
6
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Yue  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
chinois  
ukrainien  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
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 Chinese  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
1  
1
26  
24

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
zho  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
zho  
ukr  

Glottocode
sini1245  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
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
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Chinese and Ukrainian Speaking population

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

Chinese and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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