Ukrainian dialects


In the Ukrainian language there are 3 major dialectal groups according to territory: , and of dialects.

List of dialects

Southwestern group

Southeastern group

Northern group

Emigre dialects

Ukrainian is also spoken by a large émigré population, particularly in Canada, The United States, Brazil, Argentina, and Australia. The founders of this population primarily emigrated from Galicia, which used to be part of Austro-Hungary before World War I, and belonged to Poland between the World Wars. The language spoken by most of them is based on the Galician dialect of Ukrainian from the first half of the twentieth century. Compared with modern Ukrainian, the vocabulary of Ukrainians outside Ukraine reflects less influence of Russian, yet may contain Polish or German loanwords. It often contains many loanwords from the local language as well.

Disputed status of some dialects

Balachka

is spoken in the Kuban region of Russia, by the Kuban Cossacks. The Kuban Cossacks being descendants of the Zaporozhian Cossacks are beginning to consider themselves as a separate ethnic identity. Their dialect is based on Middle Dnieprian with the Ukrainian grammar. It includes dialectical words of central Ukrainian with frequent inclusion of Russian vocabulary, in particular for modern concepts and items. It varies somewhat from one area to another.

Rusyn

The Rusyn language is considered to be a dialect of Ukrainian by Ukrainian linguists:
Rusyn is considered by some Rusyn linguists and Rusyns to be a separate language: