Countries
Ukraine
  
Ukraine
  
National Language
Ukraine
  
Ukraine
  
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
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
Please
будь ласк
  
будь ласк
  
Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)
  
вибачте (vybachte)
  
Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Dialect 1
Podillian
  
Podillian
  
Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
Dialect 2
Volynian
  
Volynian
  
Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn
  
Rivne, Volyn
  
Dialect 3
Steppe
  
Steppe
  
Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
39.00 million
  
25
39.00 million
  
25
Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
ukrainien
  
ukrainien
  
German Name
Ukrainisch
  
Ukrainisch
  
Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
Ethnicity
Ukrainians
  
Ukrainians
  
Origin
1561
  
1561
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian
  
Modern Ukrainian
  
Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
uk
  
uk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ukr
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 2/B
ukr
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 3
ukr
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ukra1253
  
ukra1253
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic