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Croatian vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
1   
14

National Language
Austria   
Ukraine   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

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

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
25   
15
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bok   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
hvala   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
kako si   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
laku noć   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
molim   
будь ласк   

Sorry
Oprostite   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
Doviđenja   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Volim te   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
Not Available   

Native Name
hrvatski   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Not Available   

French Name
croate   
ukrainien   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
9th century   
1561   

Language Family
Indo-European 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
23   
19
26   
22

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Croatian and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Ukrainian language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Croatian and Ukrainian Language History.

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

Croatian vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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