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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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