A pejorative meaning of the word began to develop in the Viking Age, but is clearest in the medieval Icelandic sagas, written two or three centuries later â in the 1300s and 1400s.
The Ukrainian is a cyrillic alphabet, not latin, so it is similar to other Eastern Slavic alphabets (including Russian). While many letters are similar, most slavic languages have letters that are unique to their alphabets. The Russian alphabet includes such letters as Ñ, Ñ, Ñ, Ñ, the Ukranian one doesn't include these letters.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The official language of Ukraine is Ukrainian, an East Slavic language which is the native language of 67.5% of Ukraine's population. Russian is the native language of 29.6% of Ukraine's population and the rest (2.9%) are native speakers of other languages.Ethnologue lists 40 minority languages and dialects; nearly all are native to the former Soviet Union.he official language of Ukraine is Ukrainian, an East Slavic language which is the native language of 67.5% of Ukraine's population.