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Ukrainian vs Estonian


Estonian vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Ukraine  
Estonia, Gambia  

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  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  
Institute of the Estonian 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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages  
Finnish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
22  
12
18  
8

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  
Tere  

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  
aitäh  

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  
Tere hommikust  

Please
будь ласк  
Palun  

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)  
Vabandust  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
Head aega  

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
Georgia, South Estonia  

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
30
Not Available  

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
0.95 million  
99+

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Eesti keel  

French Name
ukrainien  
estonien  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
Estonians  

History

Origin
1561  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Eastern  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian  
Estonian  

Language Position
26  
22
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
est  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
est  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Ukrainian and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Estonian language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century. 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 Estonian Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs Estonian Difficulty

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

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