Ukrainian Language: East Slavic language

The Ukrainian language (Ukrainian: українська (мова), transliteration: ukrajins'ka mova) is an Eastern Slavic language.

This language is a part of the Indo-European language family.

Ukrainian
  • українська мова
  • ukrajinśka mova
Pronunciation[ukrɑˈjinʲsʲkɑ ˈmɔwɑ]
Native toUkraine
EthnicityUkrainians
Native speakers
45 million (2007)
Early form
Official status
Official language in
Recognised minority
language in
Regulated byNational Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language, Ukrainian language-information fund, Potebnya Institute of Language Studies
Language codes
ISO 639-1uk
ISO 639-2ukr
ISO 639-3ukr
Glottologukra1253  Ukrainian
Linguasphere
  • 53-AAA-ed < 53-AAA-e
  • (varieties: 53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq)
Ukrainian Language: East Slavic language
Ukrainian-speaking world
Ukrainian Language: East Slavic language
Ukrainian language and Ukrainians with their neighbors in the early 20th century.
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Percentage of people in Ukrainian regions who speak Ukrainian as their native language (for 2001)
Percentage of people in Ukrainian regions who speak Ukrainian as their native language (for 2001)
A poem being read in Ukrainian
Ukrainian language

Ukrainian is the second most spoken Slavic language. It is the official language of Ukraine. There are 37 million speakers in Ukraine. Most of them are native speakers. All over the world there are more than 50 million speakers.

The Ukrainian language is written with Cyrillic letters.

Some words are similar to the Polish language.

Alphabet

The Ukrainian alphabet with transliteration and German transcription:

Capital letter
(HTML-Entity)
Small letter
(HTML-Entity)
Academic
transliteration
English
transcription
German
transcription
А (А) а (а) A a A a A a
Б (Б) б (б) B b B b B b
В (В) в (в) V v V v W w
Г (Г) г (г) H h H h H h
Ґ (Ґ) ґ (ґ) G g G g G g
Д (Д) д (д) D d D d D d
Е (Е) е (е) E e E e E e
Є (Є) є (є) Je je Ye ye Je je
Ж (Ж) ж (ж) Ž ž Zh zh Sch (Sh) sch (sh)
З (З) з (з) Z z Z z S s
И (И) и (и) Y y Y y Y y
І (І) і (і) I i I i I i
Ї (Ї) ї (ї) Ji ji Yi yi Ji ji
Й (Й) й (й) J j 1 Y y J j
К (К) к (к) K k K k (instead ks x) K k (instead ks x)
Л (Л) л (л) L l L l L l
М (М) м (м) M m M m M m
Н (Н) н (н) N n N n N n
О (О) о (о) O o O o O o
П (П) п (п) P p P p P p
Р (Р) р (р) R r R r R r
С (С) с (с) S s S s S s (between vowels ss)
Т (Т) т (т) T t T t T t
У (У) у (у) U u U u U u
Ф (Ф) ф (ф) F f F f F f
Х (Х) х (х) Ch ch Kh, kh Ch ch
Ц (Ц) ц (ц) C c Ts ts Z z
Ч (Ч) ч (ч) Č č Ch ch Tsch tsch
Ш (Ш) ш (ш) Š š Sh sh Sch sch
Щ (Щ) щ (щ) Šč šč Shch shch Schtsch schtsch (Stsch stsch)
Ь (Ь) ь (ь) ’ (apostrophe) before vowel j 2 ’ (apostrophe) before vowel y (Soft sign) (–) bzw. j
Ю (Ю) ю (ю) Ju Ju Yu yu Ju ju
Я (Я) я (я) Ja ja Ya ya Ja ja
’ (apostrophe)3 (–) (–)

Notes

    1only before o
    2only after consonants; a capital letter does not exist; the soft sign ь is not a letter representing a sound, but modifies the sound of the preceding letter, indicating palatalisation ('softening').
    3an apostrophe (’) is used to mark de-palatalization of the preceding consonant.

References

Tags:

Eastern slavic languagesIndo-European languagesLanguageLanguage familyTransliteration

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