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Ukrainian and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
Ukraine   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
22   
12

Scripts
Cyrillic   
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
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
будь ласк   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
39.00 million   
25

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Not Available   

French Name
russe   
ukrainien   

German Name
Russisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
1561   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Eastern   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
7   
7
26   
22

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
rus   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
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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All Russian 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 Russian and Ukrainian dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Ukrainian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Ukrainian Dialects are spoken in different Ukrainian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Ukrainian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian , Volynian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Ukrainian Speaking population

Russian and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Ukrainian on Russian vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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