Ukrainian

Ukrainian

About 35 million people around the world speak Ukrainian (Lewis, Simons & Fenning 2016). The largest populations of Ukrainian speakers outside Ukraine (more than 32 million speakers) are in Russia (c. 4.5 million), followed by Moldova (c. 0.6 million), Canada (c. 0.5 million) and the USA (c. 0.5...

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Published in:Journal of the International Phonetic Association Vol. 47; no. 3; pp. 349 - 357
Main Authors: Pompino-Marschall, Bernd, Steriopolo, Elena, Żygis, Marzena
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01-12-2017
Cambridge University Press for the International Phonetic Association
Subjects:
ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE IPA
Phonetic analysis
Phonetics
Ukrainian language
Belarus
Romania
Ukraine
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Summary:About 35 million people around the world speak Ukrainian (Lewis, Simons & Fenning 2016). The largest populations of Ukrainian speakers outside Ukraine (more than 32 million speakers) are in Russia (c. 4.5 million), followed by Moldova (c. 0.6 million), Canada (c. 0.5 million) and the USA (c. 0.5 million). Smaller Ukrainian communities have also settled in some other countries including Kazakhstan, Belarus, Poland, Romania, Argentina, Brazil and Slovakia (Mokienko 2002). Ukrainian, alongside Russian and Belarusian, belongs to the East Slavonic languages within the Indo-European language family.
ISSN:0025-1003
1475-3502
DOI:10.1017/S0025100316000372