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°
Dialect comparison
Sloboda Ukrainian vs Surzhyk
Compare two dialects of Ukrainian side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.
The Russian-Ukrainian mixed colloquial register, widely spoken across central and eastern Ukraine. Treated by linguists as a code-mixing continuum rather than a fixed dialect.
- Approximate centre
- 48.46°, 35.04°
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