ISO 639-3 · ukrukr
Indo-European family
Ukrainian
українська мова
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic branch (Indo-European), spoken in Ukraine, Russia, Poland and Canada and 9 more countries. Wikidata counts 26.9 m first-language speakers (2023). Wikidata describes it as “East Slavic language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ukr- ISO 639-1
uk- Glottocode
ukra1253- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 48.00, 31.00
- Wikipedia
- 228 language editions
26.9 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
13countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Ukrainian
The branches above Ukrainian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Ukraineofficial · 23 languages in the indexRussia139 languages in the indexPoland20 languages in the indexCanada112 languages in the indexKazakhstan12 languages in the indexBelarus7 languages in the indexRomania18 languages in the indexSlovakia10 languages in the indexSerbia18 languages in the indexUnited States245 languages in the indexHungary10 languages in the indexCzech Republic9 languages in the indexMoldova9 languages in the index
Also spoken in Ukraine
azeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSaferonRomanianIndo-European · 24.3 m1 · NationalkazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · NationalhunHungarianUralic · 12.6 m1 · NationalbulBulgarianIndo-European · 9 m1 · NationalhyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · NationalslkSlovakunclassified · 6 m1 · NationalmolMoldovanIndo-European · 2 mbakBashkirTurkic · 1.2 m2 · ProvincialyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangered