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Japanese vs Ukrainian


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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