This
map shows the regions of the world where Ukrainian or "Little Russian" is
commonly spoken (red circle). Linguists use the term "Little
Russian" to distinguish it from other Russian languages
such as Belarusian ("White
Russian") and common Russian ("Great Russian").
About 40 million speakers of Urkainian live in the southern
regions of Russia. Ukrainian is not mutually
understandable with Great Russian,
even though Ukrainian is closely related to it and to Belarusian.
| Daniel M. Short originally created this
map and the other Indo-European language charts for his website at http://www.danshort.com/.
I reproduce these images here with the author's permission, but they are
copyrighted by Daniel Short as of 2002. These charts should not be reproduced
or reused without Mr. Short's approval. You may contact him at danshort@gte.net
for more information. These images are not public domain. |