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Ukrainian and Serbian


Serbian and Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Ukraine  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
25  
15

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
будь ласк  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
17
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
44,000,000.00  
15
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
14
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
32
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Ukrayins'ka Mova  
Montenegrin  

French Name
ukrainien  
serbe  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
Serbs  

History

Origin
1561  
11th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
26  
24
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
srp  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
srp  

ISO 639 6
ukr  
srp  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Ukrainian and Serbian Speaking population

Ukrainian and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ukrainian and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Ukrainian and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 %. 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 Serbian on Ukrainian vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ukrainian and Serbian Language Codes

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

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