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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
-  
-  

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
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

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  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
17
71,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
44,000,000.00  
15
71,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
14
70,000,000.00  
10

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 %  
32
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
52.00 million  
21

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
71.00 million  
15

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Ukrayins'ka Mova  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
ukrainien  
cantonais  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Kantonesisch  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
Han Chinese  

History

Origin
1561  
17th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
26  
24
1  
1

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Signed Cantonese  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
yue  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
yue  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
ukr  
yue  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
cant1236  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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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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