Countries
Ukraine
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Ukraine
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
будь ласк
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Podillian
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Volynian
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Steppe
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
39.00 million
  
25
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
ukrainien
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Ukrainisch
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Ukrainians
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
1561
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian
  
Modern Greek
  
Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
uk
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ukr
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
ukr
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
ukr
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
ukra1253
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Ukrainian and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ukrainian and Greek language. Ukrainian word for "Hello" is Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte) or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Ukrainian Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ukrainian vs Greek Difficulty
The Ukrainian vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ukrainian Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ukrainian and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ukrainian is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.