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Albanian, Tosk
[als] Users: 1,740 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 3,310 (2001 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Albanian, Tosk.
Arabic
[ara] A macrolanguage. 4,070 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 6,580 (2001 census). Non-indigenous.
Armenian, Western
[hyw] Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Kharkiv regions; Krym, autonomous republic. Users: 50,400 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 99,900 (2001 census). Status: 5* (Developing). Recognized language (2004, Law, Status of Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine, Article 1(5)). Classification: Indo-European, Armenian.
Azerbaijani, North
[azj] Users: 24,000 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 45,200 (2001 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Turkic, Southern, Azerbaijani.
Belarusian
[bel] Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kiev, Luhansk, Odessa, Rivne, and Zaporizhia regions; Krym, autonomous republic; Kiev City, Sevastopol City. Users: 56,200 in Ukraine (2003 UNSD). Ethnic population: 276,000 (2001 census). Status: 5* (Developing). Recognized language (2004, Law, Status of Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine, Article 1(5)), protected language. Alternate Names: Belarusan. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East.
Bulgarian
[bul] Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Odessa, and Zaporizhia regions. Users: 131,000 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 205,000 (2001 census). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (2004, Law, Status of Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine, Article 1(5)), protected language. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Eastern.
Chechen
[che] Users: 1,580 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 2,880 (2001 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Nakh-Daghestanian, Nakh, Chechen-Ingush.
Chinese
[zho] A macrolanguage. 1,820 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 2,210 (2001 census). Non-indigenous.
Chuvash
[chv] Users: 2,270 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 10,600 (2001 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Turkic, Bolgar.
Crimean Tatar
[crh] Krym, autonomous republic. Users: 228,000 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 248,000 (2001 census). Total users in all countries: 581,340. Status: 5* (Developing). Recognized language (2009, No. 1167-VI, Autonomous Republic Crimea Republic Constitution (amended), Articles 11-13), protected language. Alternate Names: Crimean, Crimean Turkish, Qırım Türkçesi, Qırımca, Qirim, Qirim tili, Qirimtatar. Autonym: Къырымтатар тили (Qırımtatar tili), Къырымтатарджа (Qırımtatarca), къырым тили (Qırım tili). Classification: Turkic, Southern.
Czech
[ces] Users: 1,190 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 5,920 (2001 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, West, Czech-Slovak.
English
[eng] Users: 3,000,000 in Ukraine (2019), L2 users. Status: 4 (Educational). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
Erzya
[myv] Users: 1,470 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 9,330 (2001 census). Status: Unestablished. Alternate Names: Mordvinian. Classification: Uralic, Mordvin.
French
[fra] Users: 52,800 in Ukraine (Beck et al 2018), L2 users. Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French.
Gagauz
[gag] Odessa region: Izmail’s’kyj district. Users: 22,800 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 31,900 (2001 census). Status: 5* (Developing). Recognized language (2004, Law, Status of Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine, Article 1(5)), protected language. Classification: Turkic, Southern, Turkish.
Georgian
[kat] Users: 12,500 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 34,200 (2001 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Kartvelian, Georgian.
German, Standard
[deu] Users: 4,060 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 33,300 (2001 census). Status: Unestablished. Alternate Names: Deutsch, Nimetsʹkyy. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German.
Greek
[ell] Donetsk region: Mariupol town, 18 villages. Users: 5,830 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 91,500 (2001 census). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Hretsʹkyy, Urum. Classification: Indo-European, Greek, Attic.
Hungarian
[hun] Zakarpattia region. Users: 162,000 in Ukraine (2003 UNSD). Ethnic population: 157,000 (2001 census). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (2004, Law, Status of Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine, Article 1(5)). Alternate Names: Magyar, Uhorsʹkyy. Classification: Uralic.
Karaim
[kdr] Lviv region: Luts’k town; Chernivtsi region: Halych town. Users: 6 in Ukraine (Salminen 2007). Ethnic population: 1,200 (2001 census). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Recognized language (2004, Law, Status of Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine, Article 1(5)). Alternate Names: Karaite. Classification: Turkic, Western, Ponto-Caspian.
Kazakh
[kaz] Users: 1,040 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 5,530 (2001 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Turkic, Western, Aralo-Caspian.
Korean
[kor] Users: 2,220 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 20,200 (2019 Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Koreanic.
Krimchak
[jct] Krym, autonomous republic. Users: 200 in Ukraine (Salminen 2007). Ethnic population: 1,800 (Salminen 2007). 1,200 ethnic Krimchak in the Crimea, 600 elsewhere (Salminen 2007). Total users in all countries: 202. Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Alternate Names: Judeo-Crimean Tatar, Judeo-Crimean Turkish. Autonym: Кърымчах тыльы (Krymchakh Tilyi). Classification: Turkic, Western, Ponto-Caspian.
Kurdish, Northern
[kmr] Users: 1,170 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 2,090 (2001 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Kurdish.
Lezgi
[lez] Users: 1,510 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 4,350 (2001 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Nakh-Daghestanian, Lezgic, Nuclear Lezgic, East Lezgic.
Lithuanian
[lit] Users: 1,930 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 7,210 (2001 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Baltic, Eastern.
Ossetic
[oss] Users: 1,150 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 4,830 (2001 census). Status: Unestablished. Alternate Names: Ossetian. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Eastern, Northeastern.
Polish
[pol] Lviv region: 3 small interior enclaves. Users: 18,700 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 144,000 (2001 census). Status: 7 (Shifting). Recognized language (2004, Law, Status of Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine, Article 1(5)), protected language. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, West, Lechitic.
Romani, Balkan
[rmn] Kharkiv region. Users: Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Romani, Balkan.
Romani, Carpathian
[rmc] Zakarpattia region: 2 border strips near Tisa river. Users: 21,300 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 47,600 (2001 census). Status: 6b (Threatened). Alternate Names: Romanes, Romani, Ungrike Romá. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Romani, Northern.
Romani, Vlax
[rmy] Odessa and Zakarpattia regions. Users: Status: 6b* (Threatened). Alternate Names: Rom. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Romani, Vlax.
Romanian
[ron] Chernivtsi region, at northern Romania border; Odessa region, south of Moldova, Renijs’kyj district, 2 enclaves near border. Users: 328,000 in Ukraine (2003 UNSD). Ethnic population: 410,000 (2001 census). 151,000 ethnic Moldovians, 257,000 ethnic Romanians. Status: 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (Law, Status of Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine, Article 1(5)). Alternate Names: Daco-Romanian, Moldavian, Română, Rumanian. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern.
Russian
[rus] Widespread, particularly in east and south. Users: 39,100,000 in Ukraine, all users. L1 users: 14,300,000 in Ukraine (2003 UNSD). L2 users: 24,800,000 (Arefyev 2012). Status: 2 (Provincial). Statutory provincial working language in Autonomous Republic of Crimea (2009, Autonomous Republic of Crimea Constitution (amended), No. 1167-VI, Articles 10–13). Alternate Names: Rosiysʹkyy. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East.
Rusyn
[rue] Zakarpattia region. Users: 6,730 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 10,200 (2001 census). Total users in all countries: 70,190. Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Alternate Names: Carpathian, Carpatho-Rusyn, Ruthenian. Autonym: русиньскый язык (Rusynska mova). Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East.
Slovak
[slk] Zakarpattia region. Users: 2,770 in Ukraine (2003 UNSD). Ethnic population: 6,400 (2001 census). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (2004, Law, Status of Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine, Article 1(5)), protected language. Alternate Names: Slovenčina, Slovenský Jazyk. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, West, Czech-Slovak.
Tajik
[tgk] Users: 1,520 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 4,260 (2001 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Southwestern, Persian.
Tatar
[tat] Users: 25,800 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 73,300 (2001 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Turkic, Western, Uralian.
Thai
[tha] Users: 3,640 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 3,850 (2001 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Kra-Dai, Kam-Tai, Tai, Southwestern.
Turkish
[tur] Users: 7,920 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 8,840 (2001 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Turkic, Southern, Turkish.
Ukrainian
[ukr] Users: 30,800,000 in Ukraine (2016), all users. L1 users: 25,000,000 (2016). Ethnic population: 34,400,000 (2016). Total users in all countries: 33,230,530 (as L1: 27,430,530; as L2: 5,800,000). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1996, Constitution, Article 10). Autonym: українська мова (Ukrayins’ka mova). Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East.
Ukrainian Sign Language
[ukl] Scattered. Users: 54,500 (2008 WFD). Approximately 0.1% of total population. Other estimates: 43,000 registered Ukrainian nationals with hearing impairments (2015 Ukrainian Society of the Deaf); 223,000 deaf (2016 IMB). Status: 5 (Developing). Recognized language (2005, Law No. 2961–IV (06.10.2005)), for use in education (2008 WFD). Alternate Names: USL, Ukrayinska Mova Zhestiv, Ukrayinska Zhestova Mova. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Urum
[uum] Donetsk region: 10 villages. Users: 95,000 in Ukraine (2000). Status: 7 (Shifting). Classification: Turkic.
Uzbek, Northern
[uzn] Users: 3,600 in Ukraine (2001 census). Ethnic population: 12,400 (2001 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Turkic, Eastern.
Yiddish, Eastern
[ydd] Scattered. Users: 11,500 in Ukraine (2017). Status: 7 (Shifting). Recognized language (2004, Law, Status of Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine, Article 1(5)), protected language. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, Yiddish.