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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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

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+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Resian   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Styrian   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Slovenia   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

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
Not Available   
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
Not available   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Slovene   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
Not Available   
26   
22

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1268   
ukra1253   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
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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