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Ukrainian and Serbian


Serbian and Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Ukraine   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
22   
12
25   
15

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
будь ласк   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
Southeastern Serbia   

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Serbia   

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
Not Available   

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
8.70 million   
99+

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Montenegrin   

French Name
ukrainien   
serbe   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Serbs   

History

Origin
1561   
11th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
26   
22
44   
33

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
srp   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Ukrainian and Serbian Speaking population

Ukrainian and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ukrainian and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Ukrainian and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available. 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 Serbian on Ukrainian vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ukrainian and Serbian Language Codes

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

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