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Ukrainian vs Swedish


Swedish vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Ukraine   
Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
22   
12
18   
8

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)   
hej   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
hur mår du   

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
godnatt   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
god morgon   

Please
будь ласк   
vänligen   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
ledsen   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
hej då   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Dialects   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
France   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
79   
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
ukrainien   
suédois   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
1561   
13th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Germanic   

Branch
Eastern   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
26   
22
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
swe   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

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 Swedish Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Swedish language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs Swedish Difficulty

The Ukrainian vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ukrainian Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ukrainian and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ukrainian is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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