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Ukrainian Language

Ukrainian
  • українська мова
  • ukrayins'ka mova
Pronunciation [ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
Native to Ukraine
Ethnicity Ukrainians
Native speakers
45 million (2007)
Early forms
Old East Slavic
  • Ukrainian
Official status
Official language in
Recognised minority
language in
Regulated by National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language, Ukrainian language-information fund, Potebnya Institute of Language Studies
Language codes
ISO 639-1 uk
ISO 639-2
ISO 639-3
Glottolog ukra1253  (Ukrainian)
Linguasphere
  • 53-AAA-ed < 53-AAA-e
  • (varieties: 53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq)
Ukrainian in the world.svg
Ukrainian-speaking world
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Ukrainian language and Ukrainians with their neighbors in the early 20th century.
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Ukrainian Listeni/jˈkrniən/ (українська мова ukrayins'ka mova, pronounced [ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]) is an East Slavic language. It is the official state language of Ukraine and first of two principal languages of Ukrainians; it is one of the three official languages in the unrecognized state of Transnistria, the other two being Moldovan and Russian. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic script (see Ukrainian alphabet).

Until the 20th century it was known in Russia as the Little-Russian dialect (Russian: малорусское наречие, малороссийский язык) from the Tsardom of Muscovy and later the Russian Empire, while in Poland and in Austria-Hungary as the Rusyn language or Ruthenian language (Polish: język ruski, rusiński, German: ruthenische Sprache).


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