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Ukrainian vs Slovak


Slovak vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Ukraine  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages  
Czech Language  

Derived From
-  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
15  
12

How Many Consonants
22  
12
38  
27

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  
Ahoj  

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  
Dobré ráno  

Please
будь ласк  
Prosím  

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)  
Pardón!  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
17
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
44,000,000.00  
15
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
14
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
5.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
32
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Ukrayins'ka Mova  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
ukrainien  
slovaque  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
[ˈsləʊvæk]  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
1561  
6th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Slavic  

Branch
Eastern  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian  
Slovak  

Language Position
26  
24
27  
25

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
slo  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
slk  

ISO 639 6
ukr  
slk  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Ukrainian and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Slovak language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs Slovak Difficulty

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

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