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Ukrainian and Japanese


Japanese and Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ukraine  
Japan  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Pacific  

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

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages  
Korean Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
14  
4

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
будь ласк  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
17
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
44,000,000.00  
15
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
14
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
32
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Ukrayins'ka Mova  
Nihongo  

French Name
ukrainien  
japonais  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
1561  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian  
Japanese  

Language Position
26  
24
8  
8

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
ukr  
jpn  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Ukrainian and Japanese Speaking population

Ukrainian and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ukrainian and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Ukrainian and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Ukrainian vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ukrainian and Japanese Language Codes

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

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