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Ukrainian Bible
- the Bible of the
Ukaraine
by United Bible
Societies
ISBN-10: 1903865158
ISBN-13: 9781903865156
Publisher: United
Bible Societies -
February 2003
Format:
Hardcover, 1200pp
Ukrainian
(in
Ukrainian:
украї́нська
мо́ва,
ukrayins'ka
mova0 is
a
language
of the
East
Slavic
subgroup
of the
Slavic
languages.
It is
the
official
state
language
of
Ukraine;
its
dialects
such as
Surzhyk
and
Balachka
are
spoken
in
Ukraine
and some
parts of
Russia.
Written
Ukrainian
uses the
Cyrillic
alphabet.
The
language
shares
some
vocabulary
with the
languages
of the
neighboring
Slavic
nations,
most
notably
with
Polish,
Slovak
in the
West and
Belarusan,
Russian
in the
North
and the
East.
The
Ukrainian
language
traces
its
origins
to the
Old
Slavic
language
of the
early
medieval
state of
Kievan
Rus'. In
its
earlier
stages
it was
called
Ruthenian
by the
western
Europe.
Ukrainian
is a
lineal
descendant
of the
colloquial
language
used in
Kievan
Rus
(10th?13th
century).
The
language
has
persisted
despite
several
periods
of bans
and/or
discouragement
throughout
centuries
as it
has
always
maintained
a
sufficient
base
among
the
people
of
Ukraine,
its
folklore
songs,
itinerant
musicians,
and
prominent
authors.
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