[ʊkrɐˈjinʲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]) is an east slavic language, spoken primarily in ukraine It is the first (native) language of a large majority of ukrainians Written ukrainian uses the ukrainian alphabet, a variant of the cyrillic script. Ukrainian is an eastern slavonic language spoken mainly in ukraine In 2016 there were about 30 million speakers of ukrainian in ukraine, where it is an official language. Ukrainian language, east slavic language spoken in ukraine and in ukrainian communities in kazakhstan, moldova, poland, romania, lithuania, and slovakia and by smaller numbers elsewhere
Ukraintsi, pronounced [ʊkrɐˈjin⁽ʲ⁾ts⁽ʲ⁾i]) [47] are an east slavic ethnic group native to ukraine Because of the country’s geographical location, ukrainian culture has been influenced by the cultures of both western europe and russia Although these influences are particularly evident in the western and eastern halves of the country, respectively, there is no strict geographical division. Ukraine's official language is ukrainian Humans have inhabited ukraine since 32,000 bc During the middle ages, it was the site of early slavic expansion and later became a key centre of east slavic culture under the state of kievan rus', which emerged in the 9th century.
The language—belonging with russian and belarusian to the east slavic branch of the slavic language family—is closely related to russian but also has distinct similarities to the polish language.
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