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Russian and Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Ukraine  
Russia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
22  
12
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  
Cyrillic  

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)  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
будь ласк  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
17
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
44,000,000.00  
15
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
14
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
32
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Ukrayins'ka Mova  
Russki  

French Name
ukrainien  
russe  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
Russians  

History

Origin
1561  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Slavic  

Branch
Eastern  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
26  
24
7  
7

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
rus  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
rus  

ISO 639 6
ukr  
rus  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  
53-AAA-ea  

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

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Ukrainian and Russian Speaking population

Ukrainian and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ukrainian and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Ukrainian and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Ukrainian vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ukrainian and Russian Language Codes

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

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