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Ukrainian vs English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
1  
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Ukraine  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Thank you  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
Good Night  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
Please  
будь ласк  

Sorry
Sorry  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
Bye  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
I love you  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.46 %  
30

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
Not Available  

Native Name
English  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
anglais  
ukrainien  

German Name
Englisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
3  
3
26  
22

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
eng  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
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
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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English and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of English vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of English and Ukrainian language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Ukrainian Language History.

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

English vs Ukrainian Difficulty

The English vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.

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