Ukrainian Language

East Slavic language with 32 million native speakers; Ukraine's state language, written in Cyrillic, with literature since 1798.

Specifications & Metrics

family

Indo-European

Core Principles & Analysis

• Ukrainian had 32 million first-language and 39 million total speakers as of 2023.
• The earliest literary work in Ukrainian was recorded in 1798 by Kotlyarevsky, a playwright from Poltava.
• Direct written evidence of the Ukrainian language dates to the late 16th century.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Ukrainian language