Language
Languages of Ukraine
Ukraine. 46,179,226. National or official language: Ukrainian. 233,100 square miles. Literacy rate: 99%. Also includes Abkhaz (952), Armenian (54,000), Balkan Romani, Baltic Romani, Bashkir (3,672), Belarusan (440,000), Bulgarian (234,000), Crimean Turkish (200,000), Czech (21,000), Dargwa (634), Eastern Yiddish (634,000), Erzya (19,000), Gagauz, Georgian (24,000), Kazakh (7,555), Lak (574), Latvian (2,600), Lezgi (1,708), Northern Uzbek (10,563), Osetin (4,554), Polish (1,140,068), Russian (11,335,000), Serbian (5,000), Slovak, Standard German (38,000), Tajiki (2,215), Tatar (90,542), Tosk Albanian (5,000), Turkish. Information mainly from B. Podolsky 1985; B. Comrie 1987. The number of languages listed for Ukraine is 11. Of those, 10 are living languages and 1 is extinct.
Greek
[ell] 7,205 in Ukraine (1970 census). Ethnic population: 106,909. Donetsk oblast, town of Mariupol, 18 villages. Dialects: Mariupol Greek (Tavro-Rumeic, Crimeo-Rumeic). Classification: Indo-European, Greek, Attic.
Hungarian
[hun] 176,000 in Ukraine (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk). Transcarpathian Ukraine. Alternate names: Magyar. Classification: Uralic, Finno-Ugric, Ugric, Hungarian.
Jakati
[jat] 29,250 in Ukraine (2000 WCD). Population total all countries: 30,615. Kabul (25 families); Jalalabad (50 families); Charikar (15 families). Also spoken in Afghanistan. Alternate names: Jati, Jatu, Jat, Jataki, Kayani, Musali. Dialects: Related to Western Panjabi. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Northwestern zone, Lahnda.
Romani, Carpathian
[rmc] Ukraine, Transcarpathia. One dialect is in east Hungary, south Poland, and Galicia; another in Transylvania, Romania; others in Czech Republic and Slovakia, USA. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern.
Romani, Vlax
[rmy] Eastern and western Ukraine, Odessa, Transcarpathia. Dialects: Ukrainian Vlax Romani, Central Vlax Romani, Kalderash. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Vlax.
Romanian
[ron] 250,000 in Ukraine (2004). Historically the regions of Bucovina and southern Basarabia (Chernowitz or Cernauti regions) were incorporated into the USSR from Romania by the Ribentrop-Molotov treaty in 1939. Alternate names: Rumanian, Moldavian, Daco-Romanian. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern.
Rusyn
[rue] 560,120 in Ukraine (2000). Population total all countries: 610,120. Transcarpathian Oblast of Ukraine. Also possibly in Romania. Also spoken in Slovakia. Alternate names: Ruthenian, Carpathian, Carpatho-Rusyn. Dialects: Rusyn is called a dialect of Ukrainian, but speakers are reported to consider themselves distinct from Ukrainians. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, East.
Ukrainian
[ukr] 31,058,000 in Ukraine (1993). Population total all countries: 39,441,842. Ethnic population: 37,419,000 (1993 Johnstone). Western Ukraine, adjacent republics. Also spoken in Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Paraguay, Poland, Romania, Russia (Asia), Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, USA, Uzbekistan. Dialects: Northwest Ukrainian, Southwest Ukrainian, East Ukrainian. Dialect differences are slight. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, East
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Ukraine. 46,179,226. National or official language: Ukrainian. 233,100 square miles. Literacy rate: 99%. Also includes Abkhaz (952), Armenian (54,000), Balkan Romani, Baltic Romani, Bashkir (3,672), Belarusan (440,000), Bulgarian (234,000), Crimean Turkish (200,000), Czech (21,000), Dargwa (634), Eastern Yiddish (634,000), Erzya (19,000), Gagauz, Georgian (24,000), Kazakh (7,555), Lak (574), Latvian (2,600), Lezgi (1,708), Northern Uzbek (10,563), Osetin (4,554), Polish (1,140,068), Russian (11,335,000), Serbian (5,000), Slovak, Standard German (38,000), Tajiki (2,215), Tatar (90,542), Tosk Albanian (5,000), Turkish. Information mainly from B. Podolsky 1985; B. Comrie 1987. The number of languages listed for Ukraine is 11. Of those, 10 are living languages and 1 is extinct.
Living languages
Greek
[ell] 7,205 in Ukraine (1970 census). Ethnic population: 106,909. Donetsk oblast, town of Mariupol, 18 villages. Dialects: Mariupol Greek (Tavro-Rumeic, Crimeo-Rumeic). Classification: Indo-European, Greek, Attic.
Hungarian
[hun] 176,000 in Ukraine (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk). Transcarpathian Ukraine. Alternate names: Magyar. Classification: Uralic, Finno-Ugric, Ugric, Hungarian.
Jakati
[jat] 29,250 in Ukraine (2000 WCD). Population total all countries: 30,615. Kabul (25 families); Jalalabad (50 families); Charikar (15 families). Also spoken in Afghanistan. Alternate names: Jati, Jatu, Jat, Jataki, Kayani, Musali. Dialects: Related to Western Panjabi. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Northwestern zone, Lahnda.
Romani, Carpathian
[rmc] Ukraine, Transcarpathia. One dialect is in east Hungary, south Poland, and Galicia; another in Transylvania, Romania; others in Czech Republic and Slovakia, USA. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern.
Romani, Vlax
[rmy] Eastern and western Ukraine, Odessa, Transcarpathia. Dialects: Ukrainian Vlax Romani, Central Vlax Romani, Kalderash. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Vlax.
Romanian
[ron] 250,000 in Ukraine (2004). Historically the regions of Bucovina and southern Basarabia (Chernowitz or Cernauti regions) were incorporated into the USSR from Romania by the Ribentrop-Molotov treaty in 1939. Alternate names: Rumanian, Moldavian, Daco-Romanian. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern.
Rusyn
[rue] 560,120 in Ukraine (2000). Population total all countries: 610,120. Transcarpathian Oblast of Ukraine. Also possibly in Romania. Also spoken in Slovakia. Alternate names: Ruthenian, Carpathian, Carpatho-Rusyn. Dialects: Rusyn is called a dialect of Ukrainian, but speakers are reported to consider themselves distinct from Ukrainians. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, East.
Ukrainian
[ukr] 31,058,000 in Ukraine (1993). Population total all countries: 39,441,842. Ethnic population: 37,419,000 (1993 Johnstone). Western Ukraine, adjacent republics. Also spoken in Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Paraguay, Poland, Romania, Russia (Asia), Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, USA, Uzbekistan. Dialects: Northwest Ukrainian, Southwest Ukrainian, East Ukrainian. Dialect differences are slight. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, East
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