Countries
Ukraine
Belarus, Poland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Ukraine
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
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.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3348
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2239
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
dobry dzień
Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
Dziakuj
How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
Jak vy ?
Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
Dabranač
Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
dobry dzień
Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
Dobraj ranicy
Please
будь ласк
Kali laska
Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)
Vybačajcie
Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)
da pabačennia
I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Podillian
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
North-East Belarus
How Many People Speak
42,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Volynian
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn
South-West Belarus
How Many People Speak
44,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Steppe
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
Middle Belarus
How Many People Speak
42,000,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
153
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million9.63 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.46 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
39.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million5.89 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
Ukrayins'ka Mova
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
ukrainien
biélorusse
German Name
Ukrainisch
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
Ethnicity
Ukrainians
Belarusians
Origin
1561
18th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Slavic
Branch
Eastern
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian
Belarusian
Language Position
2679
1
120
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Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language
Belarusian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
uk
be
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ukr
bel
ISO 639 2/B
ukr
bel
ISO 639 3
ukr
bel
ISO 639 6
ukr
bel
Glottocode
ukra1253
bela1254
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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