Dialect comparison

Sloboda Ukrainian vs Western Ukrainian

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

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°
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.

Approximate centre
49.84°, 24.03°

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