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Which is the official language in the Ukriane?
Ukrainian
68%
 68%  [ 11 ]
Russian
12%
 12%  [ 2 ]
Both
18%
 18%  [ 3 ]
Total Votes : 16

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Which language? (Ukraine) #1 (permalink) Sun Sep 28, 2003 16:27 pm   Which language? (Ukraine)
 

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Ukrainian? #2 (permalink) Sun Oct 05, 2003 22:06 pm   Ukrainian?
 

Is there such a language like Ukrainian? I think Russian is the official language in the Ukraine, isn't it?
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Slavic languages #3 (permalink) Sat Oct 11, 2003 6:03 am   Slavic languages
 

Savvythought wrote:
Is there such a language like Ukrainian? I think Russian is the official language in the Ukraine, isn't it?

Yes Savvythought, there indeed is such a language as Ukrainian and although it is very close to Russian it's still different. The Ukrainian government is now re-enforcing the use of Ukrainian as the only official language in the Ukraine. At present still a lot of people there speak Russian rather than Ukrainian as the mother tongue though. At any rate, they understand each other because the languages are very similar...
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Which language? (Ukraine) #4 (permalink) Mon Aug 10, 2009 18:50 pm   Which language? (Ukraine)
 

I am Ukrainian. For me my native language is beautiful. Everyone can named native language the best over the world. Did you ever listen to Ukrainian music? Would you find at a Net songs of american singer Kvitka Cisyk. But she was Ukrainian at hers spirit. Listen to her mucik, look at pictures of Ukraine and enjoy it, please.


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Which language? (Ukraine) #5 (permalink) Mon Aug 10, 2009 20:59 pm   Which language? (Ukraine)
 

The answer you can find in Ukrainian constitution. http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/anot.cgi?nreg=254%EA%2F96-%E2%F0

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The state language of Ukraine is the Ukrainian language. The Constitution guarantees free development, use and protection of the Russian and other languages of national minorities in Ukraine.


There exists a myth that Russians can understand Ukrainian language as it's close. My experience shows that it's not true at all. The reason for the myth was as I think Soviet cinema and variety where actors who played Ukrainian characters (quite often depicted as a dull-witted guy) were speaking not Ukrainian but some sort of lingo. In Ukrainian language there are words which sound like Russian and can be easily understood by Russian audience. This words remained unchanged to create effect that an actor speaks Ukrainian. All the rest was substituted with Russian words, slightly changed "to sound Ukrainian". That's why even now some Russian people think that Ukrainian language is just a parody of Russian.

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Ukrainian language was opressed by Russian empire who didn't want Ukrainians to form a nation (they even called us not Ukrainians but Small Russians). In Soviet times Ukrainian language was also opressed. I still remember that in Kiev - the capital of Soviet Ukraine I had to go for a mile to get to Ukrainian school while there were two Russian schools in close proximity. Also I clearly remember the sign which appeared on the Ukrainian school with derogatory expressions against Ukrainian language.
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