On the 21st of February all the nations and nationalities celebrate International Day of native language. Let’s respect our language – an important element of cultural consciousness of each person, we should multiply its riches and cleanness.
Scholars hold the opinion that the language spoken by a person defines his or her way of thinking and impacts his or her behavior! So which interesting facts about Ukrainian language are known to you?
5. Another interesting fact about Ukrainian language is its being among the top three most beautiful languages in the world. In the linguistic contests in Italy and France it was acknowledged as the second most melodious language in the world after the Italian language. Other sources say that the bronze should be given for the Ukrainian language in this contest, the second place appointed for the French, and the fourth place given to the Persian language.
Scholars hold the opinion that the language spoken by a person defines his or her way of thinking and impacts his or her behavior! So which interesting facts about Ukrainian language are known to you?
1. The Ukrainian language is one of the most widespread languages in the world and takes the 26th place according to the number of its speakers. It is also the second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian language.
2. The most widely used letter in the Ukrainian alphabet is the letter "п". It is also with this letter that most of the words start. But the most rarely used letter of the Ukrainian alphabet is the letter “ф”. In the Ukrainian language the words starting with this letter are in most cases borrowed from other languages.
3. The longest word in the Ukrainian language is one of the names of a pesticide:“dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-methyl-methane”.
4. The biggest number of synonyms. According to the "Brief Synonym Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language" offering 4,279 synonymic orders, the word "бити" (to beat) has the biggest number of synonyms, totaling 45.
5. Another interesting fact about Ukrainian language is its being among the top three most beautiful languages in the world. In the linguistic contests in Italy and France it was acknowledged as the second most melodious language in the world after the Italian language. Other sources say that the bronze should be given for the Ukrainian language in this contest, the second place appointed for the French, and the fourth place given to the Persian language.
6. The highest usage among the nouns is had for the word "рука" (arm/hand), among the verbs — "бути" (to be), among the adjectives — "великий" (big), and among the pronouns — "він" (he).
7. The most number of meanings is in the abbreviation "ПК" (PC). It stands for "персональний комп’ютер" (personal computer), "палац культури" (palace of culture), "паровий кран" (steam crane), "передній край" (front side), "перфокарта" (punched card), "Петербурзький комітет" (Petersburg Committee), "Петроградський комітет" (Petrograd Committee), "пістолет-кулемет" (submachine gun), "предметний каталог" (subject catalog), "Повітряний кодекс" (air code), "пожежний кран" (fire hydrant), "польовий караул" (field guard), "постійний комітет" (standing committee), "проміжний конденсатор" (intercondenser), "прохідницький комбайн" (heading combine), "парсек"(parsec) and others.
8. The most translated literary work is "Testament" by Taras Shevchenko: it is translated into 147 languages among the peoples of the world. http://dyvensvit.org/articles/104830.html
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