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Ukrainian vs Serbian


Serbian vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Ukraine   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
22   
12
25   
15

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
будь ласк   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
Southeastern Serbia   

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Serbia   

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million   
32
8.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
Not Available   

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
8.70 million   
99+

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Montenegrin   

French Name
ukrainien   
serbe   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Serbs   

History

Origin
1561   
11th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
26   
22
44   
33

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
srp   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Ukrainian and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Serbian language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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