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Slovak and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Ukraine  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • 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
Czech Language  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46  
26
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
6  
3

How Many Consonants
38  
27
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
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
Prosím  
будь ласк  

Sorry
Pardón!  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
Dovidenia  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
37
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
15  
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
slovenčina  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
slovaque  
ukrainien  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
6th Century  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Slavic  

Branch
Western  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
27  
25
26  
24

Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
slk  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
slk  
ukr  

Glottocode
slov1269  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
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
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Slovak and Ukrainian Speaking population

Slovak and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 % 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 Slovak and Ukrainian on Slovak vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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