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Czech vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Czech


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Czech Republic   
Ukraine   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
  • 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
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42   
22
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
6   
3

How Many Consonants
32   
22
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ahoj   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
děkuji   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Jak se máš?   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
dobrou noc   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
dobrý večer   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
dobré ráno   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
prosím   
будь ласк   

Sorry
litovat   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
sbohem   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Miluji tě   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
promiňte   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chod   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

Dialect 2
Lach   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Moravian   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
15   
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.15 %   
99+
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
čeština / český jazyk   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina   
Not Available   

French Name
tchèque   
ukrainien   

German Name
Tschechisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Czechs   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1561   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Western   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Standard Czech   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
73   
99+
26   
22

Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cs   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ces   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
cze   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
ces   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
czec1258   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-da   
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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Czech and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Czech vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Czech and Ukrainian language. History of Czech 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 Czech and Ukrainian Language History.

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

Czech vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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