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Serbian vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs 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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Serbian and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Ukrainian language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century 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 Serbian and Ukrainian Language History.

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Serbian 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 Serbian and Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Ukrainian language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Serbian vs Ukrainian Difficulty

The Serbian vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian 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 Serbian and Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.

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