Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Ukraine
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 in
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Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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)
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)
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
Not Available
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Volynian
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Rivne, Volyn
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Steppe
Where They Speak
Croatia
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Eastern
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
Standard Forms
Romanian
Modern Ukrainian
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Ukrainian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
roma1327
ukra1253
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Romanian 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 Romanian and Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Ukrainian language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Romanian vs Ukrainian Difficulty
The Romanian vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.
