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Ukrainian vs Dutch


Dutch vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Ukraine  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

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

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
22  
12
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  
Hallo  

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  
goedemorgen  

Please
будь ласк  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)  
sorry  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
vaarwel  

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Gronings  

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

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
17
590,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
44,000,000.00  
15
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
14
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
32
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Ukrayins'ka Mova  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
ukrainien  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
1561  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Germanic  

Branch
Eastern  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
26  
24
48  
99+

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
dut  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
nld  

ISO 639 6
ukr  
nld  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Ukrainian and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Dutch language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Ukrainian and Dutch Language History.

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Ukrainian and Dutch Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Ukrainian and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ukrainian and Dutch language. Ukrainian word for "Hello" is Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte) or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Ukrainian Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Ukrainian vs Dutch Difficulty

The Ukrainian vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ukrainian Alphabets and Dutch Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Ukrainian and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ukrainian and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ukrainian is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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