Countries
Ukraine
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Ukraine
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
hej
  
Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
god morgon
  
Please
будь ласк
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)
  
ledsen
  
Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
hej då
  
I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Podillian
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Volynian
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Steppe
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
39.00 million
  
25
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
ukrainien
  
suédois
  
German Name
Ukrainisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Ukrainians
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
1561
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
uk
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ukr
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
ukr
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
ukr
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ukra1253
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available