UKR ISO 639-3
Ukrainian
українська мова (Ukrayins’ka mova) Autonym
A language of Ukraine
- ISO 639
- ukr
- Autonym
- українська мова (Ukrayins’ka mova)
- Population
- 30,800,000 in Ukraine (2016), all users. L1 users: 25,000,000 (2016). Ethnic population: 34,400,000 (2016). Total users in all countries: 33,228,930 (as L1: 27,428,930; as L2: 5,800,000).
- Language Status
- 1 (National). Statutory national language (1996, Constitution, Article 10).
- Classification
- Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East
- 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: 1903–2020.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Ukrainian
- Writing
- Cyrillic script [Cyrl]. Latin script [Latn], in the 19th century, minimal usage.
- Other Comments
- Christian.
Also Spoken in
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Argentina
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
31,000 in Argentina (2018). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Australia
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
7,680 in Australia (2016 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Azerbaijan
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
21,000 in Azerbaijan (2011 UNSD).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
1,800 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2014 J. Leclerc).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Bulgaria
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
1,760 in Bulgaria (2011 census).
- Location
- Paraná state.
- Language Status
- 4 (Educational)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. First wave of immigrants arrived in the 1890s. Due to isolation from Ukraine, Brazilian Ukrainians speak a 100-year-old form of the Galician or Upper Dniestrian dialect. The Brazilian government offers students of Ukrainian heritage scholarships to study at universities in Ukraine. Christian. View other languages of Brazil
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
34,000 in Brazil (2021 Joshua Project). Ethnic population: 500,000 (2015).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Belarus
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
6,300 in Belarus (2011 census). Most Ukrainians in Belarus speak Russian [rus] as their L1. Ethnic population: 159,000 (2009 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Canada
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
102,000 in Canada (2016 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Czechia
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
48,300 in Czechia (2011 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Germany
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
146,000 in Germany (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Denmark
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
12,100 in Denmark (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Estonia
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
8,010 in Estonia (2013 UNSD). Ethnic population: 22,300 (2011 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Spain
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
111,000 in Spain (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Finland
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
4,410 in Finland (2018 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United Kingdom
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
6,580 in United Kingdom (2011 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Georgia
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
6,800 in Georgia (Leclerc 2015).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Greece
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
17,000 in Greece (2011 census). , based on nationality.
- Location
- Vukovar-Syrmia and Zagreb City.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Croatia
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
1,010 in Croatia (2011 census). Ethnic population: 1,880 (2011 census).
- Location
- Budapest and Pest counties.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Hungary
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
3,380 in Hungary (2011 census). Ethnic population: 5,630 (2011 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Israel
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
8,000 in Israel (Leclerc 2018a).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Italy
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
120,000 in Italy (2012 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Kyrgyzstan
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
5,400 in Kyrgyzstan (2009 census). Ethnic population: 21,900 (2009 census).
- Location
- Akmola, Aktobe, Kostanay, North Kazakhstan, Pavlodar, and West Kazakhstan regions.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Kazakhstan
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
52,500 in Kazakhstan (2009 census). Ethnic population: 333,000 (2009 census).
- Location
- Klaipedos county: Klaipeda City municipality; Utenos county: Visaginas municipality; Vilniaus county: Elektrenai, Šalčininkai, Švenčionys, and Vilnius City municipalities.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Lithuania
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
5,340 in Lithuania (2014 UNSD). Ethnic population: 20,200 (2015 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Latvia
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
42,300 in Latvia (2018).
- Location
- Briceni, Cimislia, Donduseni, Drochia, Edinet, Falesti, Floresti, Glodeni, Ocnita, Riscani, and Singerei districts.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Moldova
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
107,000 in Moldova (2014 census). Ethnic population: 181,000 (2014 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Norway
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
7,240 in Norway (2021 census). , based on nationality.
- Location
- Major cities.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Christian. View other languages of Poland
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
26,400 in Poland (2013 UNSD).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Portugal
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
39,500 in Portugal (2007 J. Leclerc).
- Location
- Arad, Botosani, Caras-Severin, Maramures, Satu Mare, Suceava, and Timis counties; Tulcea county in southeast (Danube delta).
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed) View other languages of Romania
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
48,900 in Romania (2011 census). Ethnic population: 50,900 (2011 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Serbia
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
6,500 in Serbia (2009 J. Leclerc).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Russian Federation
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
1,130,000 in Russian Federation (2010 census). Ethnic population: 1,930,000 (2010 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Sweden
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
6,150 in Sweden (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Location
- Scattered, mainly in larger towns in eastern Slovakia.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Christian. View other languages of Slovakia
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
5,690 in Slovakia (2013 UNSD).
- Location
- Ashgabat and other urban centers.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Turkmenistan
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
22,000 in Turkmenistan (Leclerc 2019b). , based on ethnicity.
- Location
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United States
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
152,000 in United States (2015 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Uzbekistan
Language Name
Ukrainian
User Population
72,700 in Uzbekistan (2019).
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