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Ukrainian vs Japanese


Japanese vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ukraine  
Japan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  
Palau  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
14  
4

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
будь ласк  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
30
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
ukrainien  
japonais  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
1561  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Eastern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian  
Japanese  

Language Position
26  
22
8  
8

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Ukrainian and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Japanese language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs Japanese Difficulty

The Ukrainian vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ukrainian Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ukrainian and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ukrainian is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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