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Ukrainian vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Vietnam  
Ukraine  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Cam on  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
xin vui lòng  
будь ласк  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Rivne, Volyn  

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
0.46 %  
30

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
Not Available  

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Not Available  

French Name
vietnamien  
ukrainien  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
1561  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
14  
13
26  
22

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
vie  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
viet1252  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Vietnamese and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Ukrainian language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Vietnamese and Ukrainian Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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