Countries
Ukraine
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Ukraine
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
Hola
  
Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
Bon dia
  
Please
будь ласк
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Podillian
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Volynian
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Steppe
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
39.00 million
  
25
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
ukrainien
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Ukrainisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Ukrainians
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
1561
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
uk
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ukr
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
ukr
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
ukr
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ukra1253
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Ukrainian and Catalan Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Ukrainian and Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ukrainian and Catalan language. Ukrainian word for "Hello" is Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte) or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Ukrainian Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ukrainian vs Catalan Difficulty
The Ukrainian vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ukrainian Alphabets and Catalan Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Ukrainian and Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ukrainian and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ukrainian is 44 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.