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Cantonese vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
China, Guangdong   
Ukraine   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

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

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
22   
12

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
谢谢   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
晚安   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
晚上好   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
早上好   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
请   
будь ласк   

Sorry
遗憾   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
再见   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
我爱你   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Not Available   

French Name
Not Available   
ukrainien   

German Name
Not Available   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
17th century   
1561   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
Not Available   
26   
22

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Cantonese and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Ukrainian language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Cantonese and Ukrainian Language History.

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

Cantonese vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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