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Ukrainian vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Ukraine  

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
dankjewel  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
alsjeblieft  
будь ласк  

Sorry
sorry  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
vaarwel  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Nederlands  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
ukrainien  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Slavic  

Branch
Western  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
48  
99+
26  
24

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
nld  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
nld  
ukr  

Glottocode
mode1257  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Dutch and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Ukrainian language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Ukrainian Language History.

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

Dutch vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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