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Countries

Countries
Ukraine  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
10  
6

National Language
Ukraine  
Portugal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

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

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
22  
12
19  
9

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)  
Olá  

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  
obrigado  

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

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  
bom Dia  

Please
будь ласк  
Por Favor  

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)  
pesaroso  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
tchau  

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Brazilian Portuguese  

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

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
17
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Volynian  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
44,000,000.00  
15
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
14
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
32
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
Português  

Alternative Names
Ukrayins'ka Mova  
Português  

French Name
ukrainien  
portugais  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
1561  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Romance  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian  
Portuguese  

Language Position
26  
24
6  
6

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
por  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
por  

ISO 639 6
ukr  
por  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
port1283  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  
51-AAA-a  

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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Ukrainian and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Portuguese language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Ukrainian vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ukrainian Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ukrainian and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ukrainian is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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