Ukrainians mostly are bilingual. Ukrainian and Russian languages are prevalent depending on the Ukraine region. It is spoken in western Ukraine (Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil) and some areas of central Ukraine. People who live in eastern and central Ukraine as well as on Crimea Peninsula (southern Ukraine) speak mainly in Russian. Some people also speak Polish on the area close to Polish border and in Lviv city as well. You can also hear Hungarian in Uzhgorod or areas around that are close to Hungarian border. It USSR’s time most school were functioned only with Russian language. 95 percents of Kiev population was speaking in Russian that time. Nowadays you can here around 70 percents speaking Russian and 30 percents speaking Ukranian in Kiev. In Lviv arrodingly now 20 percents speaking Russian and 80 percents people speaking Ukranian. In Ivano-Frankivsk and Ternopil now 10-15 percents people speaking Russian and 85-90 percents speaking Ukrainian. In Donetsk, Lugansk, Kharkiv, Odessa and Crimea now 95 percents people speaking Russian and 5 percents speaking Ukrainian.
Ukrainian is the official language. It is spoken at governmental and state institutions. There is Ukrainian speaking staff at most representative offices of Western companies in Kiev. Russian language is mainly spoken in Kiev for business matters. You can hear Ukrainian everywhere on TV and radio channels. It is also used for advertisement. The schools, colleges and universities use Ukrainian for teaching.
Yes, of course, some Ukrainians speak Italian. But most of them speak English. It is most widely spread foreign language in Ukraine.
any diferrencies ukrainain and russian languages? it this same?
Ukrainian and Russian are different languages. Both have many similar words. The pronunciation is a little bit different. For instance, many people who speak Russian have Ukrainian pronunciation for sound “g”. It is pronounced as “h”. There are also some intonation differentiations in Ukrainian and Russian. There are also some variations in intonations and words. But if you understand Ukrainian a little, I think you can also understand Russian.
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