Russian language - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_languageClassification. Russian is an East Slavic language of the wider Indo-European family.It is a descendant of the language used in Kievan Rus', a loose conglomerate of East Slavic tribes from the late 9th to the mid 13th centuries. From the point of view of spoken language, its closest relatives are Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Rusyn, the other three languages in the East Slavic …
Russian language in Ukraine - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language_in_UkraineRussian is the most common first language in the Donbas and Crimea regions of Ukraine, and the predominant language in large cities in the east and south of the country. The usage and status of the language is the subject of political disputes and as of 2021 , Ukrainianis the country's only state language. Nevertheless, Russian is a widely used language in Ukraine in pop culture and i…
Spoken Languages of Ukraine - Ukraine.com
https://www.ukraine.com/culture/languagesOf course, Ukraine’s official language is Ukrainian, which is spoken by roughly 55% of the population. However, almost 75% of Ukrainians avow the Ukrainian language as national and would like to start using it instead of Russian. Ukrainian is a Slavic language and it uses a Cyrillic alphabet when committed to written form. Foreigners may find the language incredibly difficult …
Languages of Ukraine - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_UkraineThe official language of Ukraine is Ukrainian, an East Slavic language, which is the native language of 67.5% of Ukraine's population. Russian is the native language of 29.6% of Ukraine's population and the rest (2.9%) are native speakers of other languages. Ethnologue lists 40 minority languages and dialects; nearly all are native to the former Soviet Union. According to a survey conducted in 2006-20…