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Ever since the early 1990s, Lviv has been the spiritual home of the post-independence Ukrainian-language publishing industry. Lviv Book Forum (International Publishers' Forum) is the biggest book fair in Ukraine. Lviv is the centre of promotion of the Ukrainian Latin alphabet (Latynka).
Languages of Ukraine. The official language of Ukraine is Ukrainian, a Slavic language, which is spoken regularly by 88% of Ukraine's population at home in their personal life, [1] and as high as 87% at work or study. It is followed by Russian which is spoken by 34% in their personal life. [2]
The Ukrainian language ( українська мова, ukrainska mova, IPA: [ʊkrɐˈjinʲsʲkɐ ˈmɔʋɐ]) is an East Slavic language of the Indo-European language family spoken primarily in Ukraine. It is the native language of a majority of Ukrainians . Written Ukrainian uses the Ukrainian alphabet, a variant of the Cyrillic script.
The old town of Lviv. Lviv (Ukrainian: Львів ⓘ, L’viv; Polish: Lwów; German: Lemberg or Leopoldstadt [citation needed] (archaic); Yiddish: לעמבערג; Russian: Львов, romanized: Lvov, see also other names) is an administrative center in western Ukraine with more than a millennium of history as a settlement, and over seven centuries as a city.
Russian is the most common first language in the Donbas and Crimea regions of Ukraine and the city of Kharkiv, and the predominant language in large cities in the eastern and southern portions of the country. [1] The usage and status of the language is the subject of political disputes.
Language policy in Ukraine is based on its Constitution, international treaties and on domestic legislation.According to article 10 of the Constitution, Ukrainian is the official language of Ukraine, and the state shall ensure the comprehensive development and functioning of the Ukrainian language in all spheres of social life throughout the entire territory of the country.
Contrastive Topology of the English and Ukrainian Languages. Vinnytsia: Nova Knyha Publishers. ISBN 966-7890-27-9. "What language is spoken in Ukraine", in Welcome to Ukraine, 2003, 1. All-Ukrainian population census 2001; Конституція України (Constitution of Ukraine) (in Ukrainian), 1996, English translation (excerpts). 1897 ...
Poles in Ukraine. The Polish minority in Ukraine officially numbers about 144,130 (according to the 2001 census), [6] of whom 21,094 (14.6%) speak Polish as their first language. [6] The history of Polish settlement in current territory of Ukraine dates back to 1030–31.