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Romanian vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Ukraine  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
alo  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
multumesc  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
Vă Rog  
будь ласк  

Sorry
scuze  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
La revedere  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Română  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
ukrainien  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
1521  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
36  
33
26  
24

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
ron  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
ron  
ukr  

Glottocode
roma1327  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Romanian and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Ukrainian language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Ukrainian Language History.

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

Romanian vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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