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The Ukrainian language as the only State language performs the functions of the language of interethnic communication, is a guarantee of protection of human rights for all Ukrainian citizens regardless of their ethnic origin and is a factor of unity and national security of Ukraine (Art. 1, h. 8).
Language policy in Ukraine is based on its Constitution, international treaties and on domestic legislation.According to article 10 of the Constitution, Ukrainian is the official language of Ukraine, and the state shall ensure the comprehensive development and functioning of the Ukrainian language in all spheres of social life throughout the entire territory of the country.
Language became a much more sensitive issue in Ukraine, where many people speak both Ukrainian and Russian fluently, after Russia annexed Crimea and backed a pro-Russian separatist uprising in ...
A poll held November 2009 revealed that 54.7% of the population of Ukraine believed the language issue in Ukraine was irrelevant, that each person could speak the language they preferred and that a lot more important problems existed in the country; 14.7% of those polled stated that the language issue was an urgent problem that could not be ...
Unlike Ukraine under Russian rule, there were no administrative obstacles to the development of the Ukrainian literary language in western Ukraine, which was part of the Austrian Empire. However, due to its inferior status (the official language was first German, then Polish, the Ukrainian community lacked a Ukrainian-speaking intelligentsia ...
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In Ukraine, the State Language Protection Commissioner [1] (Ukrainian: Уповноважений Верховної Ради з захисту державної мови), informally Language Ombudsman [2] (Ukrainian: мовний омбудсман) is a state official in charge of the enforcement of the Law of Ukraine "On protecting the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the state ...
According to the plaintiffs, the Government, adopting changes to the orthography, went beyond its powers, as the Law of Ukraine "On Principles of State Language Policy" (unofficially known as the "Kivalov-Kolesnichenko Law") was declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of Ukraine No. 2-r / 2018 from 28 February 2018, [18] [19] [20 ...