Dialect comparison

Bukovinian vs Sloboda Ukrainian

Compare two dialects of Ukrainian side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Bukovinian

Bukovyna Ukrainian · Pokuttia–Bukovinian

The Southwestern Ukrainian variety of the Bukovyna region around Chernivtsi. Shaped by long contact with Romanian, German, and Polish under Habsburg rule.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
48.29°, 25.94°
Sloboda Ukrainian

Slobozhansky · Slobozhanshchyna Ukrainian

The Southeastern Ukrainian variety of the Sloboda region around Kharkiv and Sumy. Close to the standard, but with a distinctive lexicon shaped by long contact with Russian.

Approximate centre
49.99°, 36.23°

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