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Armenian vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  
Ukraine  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • 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
Greek  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38  
20
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
32  
22
22  
12

Scripts
Armenian manuscript  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12  
9
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  
будь ласк  

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
Ց'տեսություն  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

Dialect 2
Western Armenian  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  
Rivne, Volyn  

Dialect 3
Not Applicable  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Not Applicable  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
15  
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.46 %  
30

Native Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
39.00 million  
25

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  
Not Available  

French Name
arménien  
ukrainien  

German Name
Armenisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Armenians  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
late 5th century  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
Not Available  
26  
22

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hy  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
arm  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
hye  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arme1241  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Armenian and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Armenian vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Armenian and Ukrainian language. History of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century 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 Armenian and Ukrainian Language History.

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

Armenian vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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