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Ukrainian and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Ukraine  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
17  
7
22  
12

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
будь ласк  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Podillian  

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

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Griko  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
15  
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
ελληνικά  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
ukrainien  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
74  
99+
26  
24

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
ell  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
ells  
ukr  

Glottocode
gree1276  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
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
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Greek and Ukrainian Speaking population

Greek and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % 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 Greek and Ukrainian on Greek vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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