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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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
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
Not Available   
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Megleno-Romanian   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400.00   
37

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 %   
30
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
Română   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
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   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Romanian   

Language Position
26   
22
36   
28

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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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