Ukrainian
Ukrainian is documented on Dialect Atlas across 7 dialects, including Bukovinian, Carpathian Rusyn, Polissian.
Dialects of Ukrainian
- BukovinianBukovyna Ukrainian · Pokuttia–BukovinianThe Southwestern Ukrainian variety of the Bukovyna region around Chernivtsi. Shaped by long contact with Romanian, German, and Polish under Habsburg rule.
- Carpathian RusynRusyn · Ruthenian · LemkoThe East Slavic varieties of the Carpathian highlands across Zakarpattia, eastern Slovakia, and southeastern Poland. Often classified as a separate language; historically grouped with Ukrainian.
- PolissianNorthern Ukrainian · Polissky govirThe Northern Ukrainian dialect group of the Polissia region, straddling northern Ukraine and southern Belarus. Forms a transitional zone between Ukrainian and Belarusian.
- Sloboda UkrainianSlobozhansky · Slobozhanshchyna UkrainianThe 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.
- Standard UkrainianKyivan UkrainianThe Kyiv-based standard of Ukrainian. The state language of Ukraine and the second-largest East Slavic language by speakers.
- SurzhykThe 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.
- Western UkrainianGalician Ukrainian · Lviv UkrainianThe 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.
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