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Ukrainian and Slovak


Slovak and Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Ukraine   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
15   
12

How Many Consonants
22   
12
38   
27

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   
Latin   

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)   
Ahoj   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
Dobré ráno   

Please
будь ласк   
Prosím   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
Pardón!   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
Not Available   

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
5.20 million   
99+

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
ukrainien   
slovaque   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
1561   
6th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Eastern   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Slovak   

Language Position
26   
22
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
slo   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
slk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Ukrainian and Slovak Speaking population

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

Ukrainian and Slovak Language Codes

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

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