Countries
Ukraine
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
Ukraine
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
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.
  
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
alo
  
Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
будь ласк
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)
  
scuze
  
Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Podillian
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Volynian
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Steppe
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
39.00 million
  
25
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
Română
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
ukrainien
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Ukrainisch
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
Ukrainians
  
Romanians
  
Origin
1561
  
1521
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian
  
Romanian
  
Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
uk
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ukr
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
ukr
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
ukr
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ukra1253
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic