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Vietnamese vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Vietnam   
Ukraine   

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Chinese Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37   
19
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Cam on   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
xin vui lòng   
будь ласк   

Sorry
Xin lỗi   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
Tạm biệt   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Xin loi   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million   
16
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
39.00 million   
25

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   
Not Available   

French Name
vietnamien   
ukrainien   

German Name
Vietnamesisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
c. 1440   
1561   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
14   
13
26   
22

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
vi   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
vie   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
vie   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
viet1252   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
46-EBA   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Vietnamese and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Ukrainian language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Vietnamese and Ukrainian Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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