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Ukrainian and Cantonese


Cantonese and Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Ukraine   
China, Guangdong   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
22   
12
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
您好   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
谢谢   

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
你好吗?   

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
晚安   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
下午好   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
早上好   

Please
будь ласк   
请   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
遗憾   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
再见   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
outside mainland China   

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Hong Kong   

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Hong Kong   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million   
32
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
52.00 million   
21

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
ukrainien   
Not Available   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1561   
17th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Standard Cantonese   

Language Position
26   
22
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Ukrainian and Cantonese Speaking population

Ukrainian and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ukrainian and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Ukrainian and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Ukrainian and Cantonese on Ukrainian vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ukrainian and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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