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The
Ukrainian language
(Ukrainian:
укра?нська (мова)
,
transliteration
: ukrajins'ka mova) is an
Eastern Slavic language
. This
language
is a part of the
Indo-European
language family
.
Ukrainian is the second most spoken Slavic language. It is the official language of
Ukraine
. There are 37 million speakers in Ukraine. Most of them are
native speakers
. All over the world there are more than 50 million speakers.
The Ukrainian language is written with
Cyrillic letters
.
Some words are similar to the
Polish language
.
The Ukrainian alphabet with
transliteration
and German transcription:
Capital letter
(HTML-
Entity
)
|
Small letter
(HTML-
Entity
)
|
Academic
transliteration
|
English
transcription
|
German
transcription
|
А (А)
|
а (а)
|
A a
|
A a
|
A a
|
Б (Б)
|
б (б)
|
B b
|
B b
|
B b
|
В (В)
|
в (в)
|
V v
|
V v
|
W w
|
Г (Г)
|
г (г)
|
H h
|
H h
|
H h
|
? (Ґ)
|
? (ґ)
|
G g
|
G g
|
G g
|
Д (Д)
|
д (д)
|
D d
|
D d
|
D d
|
Е (Е)
|
е (е)
|
E e
|
E e
|
E e
|
? (Є)
|
? (є)
|
Je je
|
Ye ye
|
Je je
|
Ж (Ж)
|
ж (ж)
|
? ?
|
Zh zh
|
Sch (Sh) sch (sh)
|
З (З)
|
з (з)
|
Z z
|
Z z
|
S s
|
И (И)
|
и (и)
|
Y y
|
Y y
|
Y y
|
? (І)
|
? (і)
|
I i
|
I i
|
I i
|
? (Ї)
|
? (ї)
|
Ji ji
|
Yi yi
|
Ji ji
|
Й (Й)
|
й (й)
|
J j
1
|
Y y
|
J j
|
К (К)
|
к (к)
|
K k
|
K k (instead ks x)
|
K k (instead ks x)
|
Л (Л)
|
л (л)
|
L l
|
L l
|
L l
|
М (М)
|
м (м)
|
M m
|
M m
|
M m
|
Н (Н)
|
н (н)
|
N n
|
N n
|
N n
|
О (О)
|
о (о)
|
O o
|
O o
|
O o
|
П (П)
|
п (п)
|
P p
|
P p
|
P p
|
Р (Р)
|
р (р)
|
R r
|
R r
|
R r
|
С (С)
|
с (с)
|
S s
|
S s
|
S s (between vowels ss)
|
Т (Т)
|
т (т)
|
T t
|
T t
|
T t
|
У (У)
|
у (у)
|
U u
|
U u
|
U u
|
Ф (Ф)
|
ф (ф)
|
F f
|
F f
|
F f
|
Х (Х)
|
х (х)
|
Ch ch
|
Kh, kh
|
Ch ch
|
Ц (Ц)
|
ц (ц)
|
C c
|
Ts ts
|
Z z
|
Ч (Ч)
|
ч (ч)
|
? ?
|
Ch ch
|
Tsch tsch
|
Ш (Ш)
|
ш (ш)
|
? ?
|
Sh sh
|
Sch sch
|
Щ (Щ)
|
щ (щ)
|
?? ??
|
Shch shch
|
Schtsch schtsch (Stsch stsch)
|
Ь (Ь)
|
ь (ь)
|
’ (apostrophe) before vowel j
2
|
’ (apostrophe) before vowel y (Soft sign)
|
(?) bzw. j
|
Ю (Ю)
|
ю (ю)
|
Ju Ju
|
Yu yu
|
Ju ju
|
Я (Я)
|
я (я)
|
Ja ja
|
Ya ya
|
Ja ja
|
|
’
|
’ (apostrophe)
3
|
(?)
|
(?)
|
- 1
only before o
- 2
only after consonants; a capital letter does not exist; the soft sign ь is not a letter representing a sound, but modifies the sound of the preceding letter, indicating
palatalisation
('softening').
- 3
an apostrophe (’) is used to mark de-palatalization of the preceding consonant.