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Ukrainian and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Japan  
Ukraine  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
14  
4
22  
12

Scripts
Kana  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
будь ласк  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Podillian  

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

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
kansai  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
日本語  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
japonais  
ukrainien  

German Name
Japanisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
1185  
1561  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
8  
8
26  
24

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
ukr  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Japanese and Ukrainian Speaking population

Japanese and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Ukrainian on Japanese vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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