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
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Steppe
Mariupol
Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
Ukraine
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Eastern
Not Available
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 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
ukra1253
gree1276
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
56-AAA-a
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.