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Russian and Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Ukraine   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
22   
12
21   
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
будь ласк   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million   
32
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Russki   

French Name
ukrainien   
russe   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Russians   

History

Origin
1561   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Eastern   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
26   
22
7   
7

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
rus   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Ukrainian and Russian Speaking population

Ukrainian and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ukrainian and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Ukrainian and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Ukrainian vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ukrainian and Russian Language Codes

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

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