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Slovak and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
Ukraine   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

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

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • 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
Czech Language   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46   
26
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
6   
3

How Many Consonants
38   
27
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
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Ďakujem vám   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Dobrú noc   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
Dobrý večer   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
Dobré ráno   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
Prosím   
будь ласк   

Sorry
Pardón!   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
Dovidenia   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

Dialect 2
Central Slovak   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Western Slovak   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
15   
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
5.20 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
slovenčina   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina   
Not Available   

French Name
slovaque   
ukrainien   

German Name
Slowakisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Slovaks   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
6th Century   
1561   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Western   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Slovak   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
Not Available   
26   
22

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sk   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
slo   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
slk   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1269   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db   
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
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Slovak and Ukrainian Speaking population

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

Slovak and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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