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Dialect comparison

Bukovinian vs Western 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.

Approximate centre
48.29°, 25.94°
Western Ukrainian

Galician Ukrainian · Lviv Ukrainian

The Ukrainian of Galicia and the western regions around Lviv. Carries contact features from Polish and Slovak and was historically the prestige variety in Habsburg-era Galicia.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
49.84°, 24.03°

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