Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Ukraine
  
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 in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
32
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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