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Serbian and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Ukraine   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
25   
15
22   
12

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
будь ласк   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Not Available   

French Name
serbe   
ukrainien   

German Name
Serbisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
11th Century   
1561   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
44   
33
26   
22

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
srp   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
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
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Serbian 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 Serbian and Ukrainian dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Ukrainian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Ukrainian Dialects are spoken in different Ukrainian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Ukrainian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian , Volynian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Serbian and Ukrainian Speaking population

Serbian and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available 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 Serbian and Ukrainian on Serbian vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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