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Ukrainian vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
1  
14

National Language
France  
Ukraine  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Merci  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
будь ласк  

Sorry
désolé  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
au revoir  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Dialect 2
African French  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Rivne, Volyn  

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
0.46 %  
30

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
Not Available  

Native Name
français  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Français  
Not Available  

French Name
français  
ukrainien  

German Name
Französisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
13  
12
26  
22

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
fra  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
fras  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1290  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
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
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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French and Ukrainian Language History

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

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

French vs Ukrainian Difficulty

The French vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.

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