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Slovene vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  
Ukraine  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • 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
Serbo-Croatian  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
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
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Hvala  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Kako se imate?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
Lahko noč  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
Dober večer  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
Dober dan  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
Prosim  
будь ласк  

Sorry
Oprostite  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
Nasvidenje  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Ljubim te  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Resian  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Styrian  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Slovenia  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
48  
31
15  
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Slovenščina  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
slovène  
ukrainien  

German Name
Slowenisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Slovenes  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
972-1093  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Slovene  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
28  
26
26  
24

Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sl  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
slv  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
slv  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
slv  
ukr  

Glottocode
slov1268  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Slovene and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Ukrainian language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 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 Slovene and Ukrainian Language History.

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

Slovene vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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