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Ukrainian vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Ukraine   

Second Language
Roman Empire   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
22   
12

Scripts
Arabic, 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
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   
будь ласк   

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
αντίο (antío)   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Greece   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

How Many People Speak
2,800.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Griko   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Rivne, Volyn   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Ukraine   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
15   
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %   
99+
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
ελληνικά   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   
Not Available   

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)   
ukrainien   

German Name
Neugriechisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
1561   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Hellenic   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Modern Greek   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
74   
99+
26   
22

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
el   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
gre   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
ell   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
ells   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gree1276   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a   
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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Greek and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Ukrainian language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Greek and Ukrainian Language History.

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

Greek vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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