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Ukrainian vs Dutch


Dutch vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

National Language
Ukraine   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
22   
12
21   
11

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
Hallo   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
goedemorgen   

Please
будь ласк   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
sorry   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
vaarwel   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million   
32
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
ukrainien   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
1561   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Germanic   

Branch
Eastern   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
26   
22
48   
35

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
dut   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Ukrainian and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Dutch language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Ukrainian and Dutch Language History.

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Ukrainian and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ukrainian and Dutch language. Ukrainian word for "Hello" is Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte) or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Ukrainian Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Ukrainian vs Dutch Difficulty

The Ukrainian vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ukrainian Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ukrainian and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ukrainian is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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