In this article, find the similarities and differences between Ukrainian and Russian languages on the different linguistic levels: vocabulary, letters & sounds, grammar, and sentence structure. All Slavic languages, including Ukrainian and Russian, were dialects at first. Here’s a sight you might be familiar with: alphabet magnets! English Alphabet, Courtesy: james.swenson13 However, did you know that the word “alphabet” is derived from Greek? It comes from the first two letters in their language “alpha” and “beta.” Ancient Greek alphabet, Courtesy: GeoNando The first two letters may look familiar to those who grew up speaking English, but beyond that, the similarities are few. Other alphabets look very similar to English, until you notice they include additional characters to distinguish the pronunciation of a letter, like the Swedish alphabet does with its vowels. (Check out the right hand side of the screenshot below.) Swedish iPhone note, Courtesy: Jojimbostr French also has characters with additional markings above them (or accents), but it does not recognize them as unique letters. What is formally included in alphabets may grow or shrink over time. For example, just in 2010, the Association of Spanish Language Academies removed the letters “ch” and “ll” from their alphabet. Alphabet In Every LanguageMeanwhile, the Hindi alphabet has grown to accommodate Sanskrit and modern vocabulary within the language. Hindi alphabet poster, Courtesy: counterclockwise This is an older poster of the Hindi language. Now, if you count the “khutma” letters (letters with a dot added) to represent sounds from Persian and English, it’s up to 58 letters in all! Tags: Leave a Reply You must be to post a comment. Full episodes xfinity. It’s estimated that up to 7,000 different languages are spoken around the world. 90% of these languages are used by less than 100,000 people. Over a million people converse in 150-200 languages and 46 languages have just a single speaker! Languages are grouped into families that share a common ancestry. For example, English is related to German and Dutch, and they are all part of the Indo-European family of languages. These also include Romance languages, such as French, Spanish and Italian, which come from Latin. 2,200 of the world’s languages can be found in Asia, while Europe has a mere 260.
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