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Countries

Countries

Ukraine
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

13
0 46
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National Language

Ukraine
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

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.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Russian and Belarusian Languages
Armenian

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3324
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

67
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2217
9 60
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Scripts

Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

Дякую (Dyakuyu)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

На добраніч (Na dobranič)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

будь ласк
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

вибачте (vybachte)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

до побачення (do pobachennya)
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Podillian
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
Greece

How Many People Speak

42,000,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Volynian
Griko

Where They Speak

Rivne, Volyn
Italy

How Many People Speak

44,000,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Steppe
Mariupol

Where They Speak

South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

42,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1525
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

39.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.46 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

39.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

30.00 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Ukrayins'ka Mova
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

ukrainien
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Ukrainisch
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Ukrainians
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

1561
1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Slavic
Hellenic

Branch

Eastern
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Modern Ukrainian
Modern Greek

Language Position

2674
1 120
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Signed Forms

Ukrainian Sign Language
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

uk
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ukr
ell

ISO 639 2/B

ukr
gre

ISO 639 3

ukr
ell

ISO 639 6

ukr
ells

Glottocode

ukra1253
gree1276

Linguasphere

53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Ukrainian and Greek Alphabets

Ukrainian and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Ukrainian and Greek. In Ukrainian Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Ukrainian and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Ukrainian and Greek languages. The Ukrainian phonology consist Ukrainian vowels and Ukrainian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Ukrainian greetings vs Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Ukrainian and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Ukrainian and Greek Speaking population

Ukrainian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ukrainian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Ukrainian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Ukrainian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ukrainian and Greek Language Codes

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