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Estonian vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
Ukraine   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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
Finnish   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
18   
8
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Tere   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
aitäh   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Head ööd   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
Palun   
будь ласк   

Sorry
Vabandust   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
Head aega   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

Dialect 2
Tartu   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
15   
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
eesti keel   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
Not Available   

French Name
estonien   
ukrainien   

German Name
Estnisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
13th century   
1561   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Slavic   

Branch
Finnic   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Estonian   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
Not Available   
26   
22

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
est   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
esto1258   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
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
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Estonian and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Ukrainian language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian and Ukrainian Language History.

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

Estonian vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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