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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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