Ukrainian language

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Ukrainian language
Spoken in: Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, USA, Canada, Belarus, Slovakia, Argentina, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Romania, Western Europe, Croatia
Speakers: 39 million
Rank: 25
Offical language:
Country: Ukraine
Linguistic classification:
Indo-European languages
   Slavic languages
      Eastern slavic languages
         Ukrainian language

The Ukrainian language (ukrainian: українська (мова), transliteration: ukrajins'ka mova) is an Eastern Slavic language. This language is a part of the Indo-European language family.

Ukrainian is the second most-spoken Slavic language. It is the official laguage of Ukraine. There are 37 million speakers in Ukraine. Most of them are native speakers. All over the world there are more than 50 million speakers.

The Ukrainian language is written with cyrillic letters.

[edit] Alphabet

The Ukrainian alphabet with transliteration and German transcription:

Groß (HTML-Entity) Klein (HTML-Entity) wissenschaftliche
Transliteration
deutsche
Transkription
А (А) а (а) A a A a
Б (Б) б (б) B b B b
В (В) в (в) V v W w
Г (Г) г (г) H h H h
Ґ (Ґ) ґ (ґ) G g G g
Д (Д) д (д) D d D d
Е (Е) е (е) E e E e
Є (Є) є (є) Je je Je je
Ж (Ж) ж (ж) Ž ž Sch (Sh) sch (sh)
З (З) з (з) Z z S s
И (И) и (и) Y y Y y
І (І) і (і) I i I i
Ї (Ї) ї (ї) Ji ji Ji ji
Й (Й) й (й) J j 1 J j
К (К) к (к) K k K k (statt ks auch x)
Л (Л) л (л) L l L l
М (М) м (м) M m M m
Н (Н) н (н) N n N n
О (О) о (о) O o O o
П (П) п (п) P p P p
Р (Р) р (р) R r R r
С (С) с (с) S s S s (zwischen Vokalen auch ss)
Т (Т) т (т) T t T t
У (У) у (у) U u U u
Ф (Ф) ф (ф) F f F f
Х (Х) х (х) Ch ch Ch ch
Ц (Ц) ц (ц) C c Z z
Ч (Ч) ч (ч) Č č Tsch tsch
Ш (Ш) ш (ш) Š š Sch sch
Щ (Щ) щ (щ) Šč šč Schtsch schtsch (Stsch stsch)
ь (ь) ’ bzw. j 2 (Weichheitszeichen) (–) bzw. j
Ю (Ю) ю (ю) Ju Ju Ju ju
Я (Я) я (я) Ja ja Ja ja
’ (apostrophe)3 (–)

[edit] Notes

1only befor o
2only after consonants; a capital letter does'nt exist; the soft sign ь is not a letter representing a sound, but modifies the sound of the preceding letter, indicating palatalisation ('softening').
3an apostrophe (’) is used to mark de-palatalization of the preceding consonant.