Theories
Specific developments that led to a gradual change of the Old East Slavic vowel system into the system found in modern Ukrainian … See more

The literary Ukrainian language, which was preceded by Old East Slavic literature, may be subdivided into two stages: during the 12th to 18th centuries what in Ukraine is referred to as "Old Ukrainian", but elsewhere, and in contemporary … See more

Cyrillic letters in this article are romanized using scientific transliteration.
Grammar
Ukrainian is a See more

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Ukrainian:
Всі люди народжуються вільними і рівними у своїй гідності та правах. Вони наділені розумом і совістю і повинні діяти у відношенні один до одного в дусі братерства. See more

Rus' and Kingdom of Ruthenia
The era of Kievan Rus' (c. 880–1240) is the subject of some linguistic controversy, as the language of … See more

The use of the Ukrainian language is increasing after a long period of decline. Although there are almost fifty million ethnic Ukrainians worldwide, including 37.5 million in … See more

Ukrainian has varying degrees of mutual intelligibility with other Slavic languages. It is closely related to other East Slavic languages with high levels of mutual intelligibility. Ukrainian is considered to be most closely related to Belarusian.
The separation of … See more