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Ukrainian vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Japan  
Ukraine  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
14  
4
22  
12

Scripts
Kana  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
будь ласк  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Podillian  

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

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Rivne, Volyn  

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
kansai  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.46 %  
30

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
39.00 million  
25

Native Name
日本語  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
japonais  
ukrainien  

German Name
Japanisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
1185  
1561  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
8  
8
26  
22

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Japanese and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Ukrainian language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Ukrainian Language History.

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

Japanese vs Ukrainian Difficulty

The Japanese vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.

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