Ukrainian
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A language of Ukraine
ISO 639-3
Autonym
українська мова (Ukrayins’ka mova)
Population
32,600,000 (2003 UNSD). Ethnic population: 37,500,000 (2001 census). Total users in all countries: 34,710,100.
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Language Status
1 (National). Statutory national language (1996, Constitution, Article 10).
Classification
Dialects
Northwest Ukrainian, Southwest Ukrainian, East Ukrainian. Dialect differences slight.
Typology
SVO; prepositions; noun head final; gender (masculine/feminine/neuter); no articles; case-marking (7 cases); verb affixes mark person, number; passives; tense and aspect; comparatives; 30 consonant and 6 vowel phonemes; non-tonal; free stress.
Language Development
Fully developed. Bible: 1903–2011.
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Writing
Cyrillic script [Cyrl].
Christian.