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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.
In November 2016, a new rule came into force requiring Ukraine's radio stations to play a quota of Ukrainian-language songs each day. The law also requires TV and radio broadcasters to ensure 60% of programs such as news and analysis are in Ukrainian. In September 2017, Ukraine instituted a similar policy on languages in public education.
2017 Education Law [ edit] Ukraine's 2017 education law made Ukrainian the required language of study in state schools from the fifth grade on, i.e. at the basic secondary and upper secondary levels, although it allowed instruction in other languages as a separate subject, [75] [76] [77] to be phased in 2023. [78]
Mar 12, 2018 · Several laws aimed to sustain Ukrainian were adopted in 2016-2017, including the law introducing language quotas in the media. For example, the Rada introduced a minimum 75 percent quota for Ukrainian-language shows on television. However, the legislation is imperfect, and the actual share of Ukrainian-language content on TV is only 39 percent.
Jul 8, 2019 · BY NATALIA KUDRIAVTSEVA. The Law on Ensuring the Functioning of Ukrainian as the State Language was passed by the Ukrainian parliament on April 25, 2019, after two readings and the introduction of more than 2,000 amendments within the half year after it was first approved, in October 2018.
The Ukrainian Wikipedia ( Ukrainian: Українська Вікіпедія, romanized: Ukrainska Vikipediia) is the Ukrainian language edition of the free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. The first article was written on January 30, 2004. As of March 2024, the Ukrainian Wikipedia has 1,314,334 articles and is the 14th largest Wikipedia edition.
Aug 23, 2019 · In 2018, only 2.4% of Ukrainians viewed the status of the Russian language as the most important problem in the country. Despite this, the former Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, made...
