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Ukrainian vs French


French vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
32   
3

National Language
Ukraine   
France   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Africa, Canada   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
22   
12
20   
10

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)   
bonjour   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
Merci   

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
Bonjour   

Please
будь ласк   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
désolé   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
au revoir   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Volynian   
African French   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Africa   

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million   
32
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
français   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Français   

French Name
ukrainien   
français   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1561   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Romance   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Standard French   

Language Position
26   
22
13   
12

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
fre   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
51-AAA-i   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Ukrainian and French Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs French language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and French language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 whereas history of French language states that this language originated in 9th 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 French Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs French Difficulty

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

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