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Ukrainian and Japanese


Japanese and Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ukraine   
Japan   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Pacific   

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

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
22   
12
14   
4

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   
Kana   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
будь ласк   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Sanuki   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Fukuoka   

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
kansai   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million   
32
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
128.00 million   
9

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
ukrainien   
japonais   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
1561   
1185   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Japanese   

Language Position
26   
22
8   
8

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Ukrainian and Japanese Speaking population

Ukrainian and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ukrainian and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Ukrainian and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Ukrainian and Japanese on Ukrainian vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ukrainian and Japanese Language Codes

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

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