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Romanian and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Ukraine   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

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

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
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
alo   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
multumesc   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
Vă Rog   
будь ласк   

Sorry
scuze   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
La revedere   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Rivne, Volyn   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
39.00 million   
25

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

Native Name
Română   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Not Available   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
ukrainien   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
1521   
1561   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
36   
28
26   
22

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
ron   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Romanian and Ukrainian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Romanian and Ukrainian dialects. Various dialects of Romanian and Ukrainian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Romanian are spoken in different Romanian Speaking Countries whereas Ukrainian Dialects are spoken in different Ukrainian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Romanian vs Ukrainian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Romanian dialects include: Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian. Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian , Volynian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Romanian and Ukrainian Speaking population

Romanian and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Romanian and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Romanian and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Romanian and Ukrainian on Romanian vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Romanian and Ukrainian Language Codes

Romanian and Ukrainian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Romanian and Ukrainian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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