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Jan 25, 2022 · This week, NPR decided to officially adapt on-the-air pronunciation of Kyiv, the capital formerly spelled Kiev, to sound closer to the way it's said in Ukrainian. NPR already changed the...
Feb 25, 2022 · The short answer is simple: Ukrainians call their capital “Kyiv” (kee-yiv), the spelling, a transliteration of the Ukrainian Київ. The Russian version is “Kiev” (kee-yev).
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Jan 25, 2022 · One common pronunciation, “key-ev,” is the Russian form of saying it, and it is one Americans may tend to hear more often. Mr. Smytsniuk said he would argue for people pronouncing it the...
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- Why Is CBC Using 'Kyiv'?
- Pronunciation Is Political
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Kiev was the internationally accepted English-language spelling through the Soviet period and into the first years of this century. 1. Watch a video on how to pronounce Kyiv But, according to Natalia Khanenko-Friesen, director of the Canadian Institute for Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta, the name "Kiev" is now associated with the Ru...
On Tuesday, CBC's chief pronunciation counsellor, Laura Carlin, said in a note that CBC would be using the Kyiv transliteration based on the Ukrainian spelling. "While language does evolve, we generally change place-name pronunciations only to reflect a true shift in how people in English-speaking Canada refer to a country or to match widespread sh...
Khanenko-Friesen says the spelling and pronunciation of "Kyiv" is significant during this "time of aggravated assault on the sovereignty and integrity of the Ukrainian state." "Using, right now, the Ukrainian pronunciation of ... the capital is a very small choice one can do in recognition that Ukraine does have the right to exist as an independent...
The spelling and pronunciation of the Ukrainian capital reflect its history and politics. CBC has switched to 'Kyiv' based on the Ukrainian transliteration, while 'Kiev' is associated with the Russification of Ukraine.
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Mar 1, 2022 · That's because U.S. and European news agencies are largely using the Ukrainian pronunciation of Kyiv, which is more like one syllable, or maybe two that slide into each other: "KEE-eev" or "KEE-yiv". Note too that most news outlets are using the spelling "Kyiv" rather than "Kiev" for the capital city.
