Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Ukraine
National Language
Sweden
Ukraine
Second Language
Finland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
Russian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
hej
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
tacka dig
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
How Are You?
hur mår du
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
Good Night
godnatt
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
Good Evening
god kväll
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
Good Morning
god morgon
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
Please
vänligen
будь ласк
Sorry
ledsen
вибачте (vybachte)
Bye
hej då
до побачення (do pobachennya)
I Love You
jag älskar dig
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
Dialect 1
Dialects
Podillian
Where They Speak
Gabon
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dialects
Volynian
Where They Speak
Georgia
Rivne, Volyn
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Dialects
Steppe
Where They Speak
France
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Svenska
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Not Available
French Name
suédois
ukrainien
German Name
Schwedisch
Ukrainisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Ukrainians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Eastern
Early Forms
Old Swedish
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Modern Ukrainian
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Ukrainian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swed1254
ukra1253
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Swedish 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 Swedish and Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Ukrainian language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Ukrainian Difficulty
The Swedish vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish 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 Swedish and Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.
