Rusyn language

The Rusyn language (SIL code rue) is an East Slavic language (along with Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian) close to Ukrainian.

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SIL code - East Slavic language - Russian - Belarusian - Ukrainian

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It is spoken in the Transcarpathian Region of Ukraine, in eastern Slovakia, southern Poland (where it is often called łemkowski 'Lemko', from their characteristic word lem/лєм 'only'), and Hungary. The Rusin language in Serbia is sometimes considered part of the Rusyn language, despite the fact that some speakers consider themselves distinct from Rusyns. In Ukraine, Rusyn is often considered a dialect of Ukrainian, but speakers are frequently reported to consider themselves distinct from Ukrainians.

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Transcarpathian Region - Ukraine - Slovakia - Poland - Hungary - Rusin language - Serbia

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Attempts to standardize the language suffer from its being divided between four countries, so that in each of these countries there has been devised a separate orthography (in each case with Cyrillic letters) and grammatical standard, based on different Rusyn dialects. The cultural centres of Carpatho-Rusyn are Pre?ov in Slovakia, Uzhhorod and Mukacheve in Ukraine, Krynica and Legnica in Poland, and Budapest in Hungary. Many very active Rusyns also live in Canada and the USA.

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Orthography - Cyrillic - Pre?ov - Uzhhorod - Mukacheve - Krynica - Legnica - Budapest - Canada - USA

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It is very difficult to count the speakers of Rusyn, but their number is sometimes estimated at almost a million, most of them in Ukraine and Slovakia.The first country to officially recognize Rusyn, more exactly Rusin, as an official language was former Yugoslavia. In 1995, Rusyn has been recognized as a minority language in Slovakia, enjoying the status of official language in municipalities where more than 20% of the inhabitants speak Rusyn.

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Rusin - Yugoslavia - Minority language - Slovakia - Official language

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In the introduction to the book "Slavic languages," written in 1973, ten years before glasnost, Samuel Bernshtein writes about "western Ukrainians" and the "literary language" which they "until recently " had.

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Glasnost - Samuel Bernshtein

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