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Swedish vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
18   
8
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
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
Rivne, Volyn   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
France   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
15   
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
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   

History

Origin
13th Century   
1561   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
89   
99+
26   
22

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
swe   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swed1254   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
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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Swedish and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Ukrainian language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish and Ukrainian Language History.

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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.

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