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Ukrainian Language



Countries

Countries
Ukraine

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

National Language
Ukraine

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents
Europe

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

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages

Derived From
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
33 15

Phonology

How Many Vowels
6 3

How Many Consonants
22 12

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille

Writing Direction
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
6 5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)

Please
будь ласк

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian

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

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00 17

Dialect 2
Volynian

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn

How Many People Speak
44,000,000.00 15

Dialect 3
Steppe

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00 14

Total No. Of Dialects
15 14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million 32

Speaking Population
0.46 % 32

Native Speakers
39.00 million 25

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million 26

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)

Alternative Names
Ukrayins'ka Mova

French Name
ukrainien

German Name
Ukrainisch

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]

Ethnicity
Ukrainians

History

Origin
1561

Language Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup
Slavic

Branch
Eastern

Language Forms

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian

Language Position
26 24

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language

Scope
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1
uk

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T
ukr

ISO 639 2/B
ukr

ISO 639 3
ukr

ISO 639 6
ukr

Glottocode
ukra1253

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

Types of Language

Language Type
Living

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic

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Origin of Ukrainian language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Ukrainian language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Ukrainian language states that it was put to use in 1561. The history of Ukrainian language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Ukrainian Language History.The evolution of Ukrainian language began with early forms such as Old East Slavic, Ukrainian. Modern Ukrainian is the standard form of Ukrainian language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Ukrainian Language.

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Ukrainian population

Ukrainian population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Ukrainian language. Ukrainian language is spoken by 39.00 million people in the world. Most of the Ukrainian population lies in the Ukrainian Speaking Countries. Ukrainian language is spoken as first language by 39.00 million people and as second language by about 30.00 million people. Get to know Ukrainian speaking population in detail.

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Ukrainian writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Ukrainian writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Ukrainian language. Some languages share common writing systems. Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille script is used by Ukrainian language. Learn more about . 

Information about Ukrainian language

Check out all the information about Ukrainian language here. You may find it interesting to learn Ukrainian Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Ukrainian Speaking Countries, Ukrainian speaking continents and Ukrainian Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Ukrainian countries knowing common Ukrainian Greetings will help you in communicating with Ukrainian people.

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