Ukrainian

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A language of Ukraine

ISO 639-3
ukr
Population

32,000,000 in Ukraine (2001 census). Population total all countries: 36,028,490. Ethnic population: 37,500,000 (2001 census).

Location

Also in Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United States, Uzbekistan.

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Language Status

1 (National). Statutory national language (1996, Constitution, Article 10).

Classification
Indo-European, Slavic, East
Dialects

East Ukrainian, Northwest Ukrainian, Southwest Ukrainian. Dialect differences slight.

Language Development
Fully developed. Bible: 1903–2007.
Writing
Cyrillic script.
Other Comments

Christian.

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