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Ukrainian vs English


English vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
33   
2

National Language
Ukraine   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

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

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
22   
12
21   
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
Hello   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
Thank you   

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

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
Good Night   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
Good Morning   

Please
будь ласк   
Please   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
Sorry   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
Bye   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
American English   

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million   
32
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
English   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
ukrainien   
anglais   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1561   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Standard English   

Language Position
26   
22
3   
3

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
eng   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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Ukrainian and English Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and English language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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Ukrainian and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ukrainian and English language. Ukrainian word for "Hello" is Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte) or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Ukrainian Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Ukrainian vs English Difficulty

The Ukrainian vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ukrainian Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ukrainian and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ukrainian is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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