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Ukrainian vs Romanian


Romanian vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Ukraine  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

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

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
22  
12
20  
10

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)  
alo  

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  
multumesc  

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

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  
bună Dimineața  

Please
будь ласк  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)  
scuze  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
La revedere  

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
17
250,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
44,000,000.00  
15
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
14
1,400.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
32
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
Română  

Alternative Names
Ukrayins'ka Mova  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
ukrainien  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
Romanians  

History

Origin
1561  
1521  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian  
Romanian  

Language Position
26  
24
36  
33

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
rum  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
ron  

ISO 639 6
ukr  
ron  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Ukrainian and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Romanian language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs Romanian Difficulty

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

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