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Arabic vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
1   
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Ukraine   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
28   
18
22   
12

Scripts
Arabic   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
شكرا   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
من فضلك   
будь ласк   

Sorry
آسف   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
وداعا   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
أحبك   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Rivne, Volyn   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
39.00 million   
25

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Not Available   

French Name
arabe   
ukrainien   

German Name
Arabisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
512 CE   
1561   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Slavic   

Branch
North Arabic   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
25   
21
26   
22

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
ara   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
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
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Arabic and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Ukrainian language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE 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 Arabic and Ukrainian Language History.

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

Arabic vs Ukrainian Difficulty

The Arabic vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.

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