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Ukrainian and Greek


Greek and Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

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
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
22  
12
17  
7

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  
Arabic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
42,000,000.00  
17
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
44,000,000.00  
15
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
14
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
32
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
13.00 million  
37

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
26  
24
74  
99+

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  

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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.

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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.

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