ukrTechnical information about ISO 639 language code ukr
The table below provides technical details for the Ukrainian language, designated by the ukr code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
|
| Standard | |
| Name | Official Ukrainian Native Українська |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | NorthernSouth-WesternSouth-Eastern |
| Related languages | BelarusianRussianRusynPolish |
| Key facts | Written with a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet that includes unique letters such as Ґ, Є, Ї and Ьretains the vocative case, which has disappeared from many other Slavic languageshistorical Slavic /g/ shifted to a fricative /h/, giving Ukrainian distinctive cognate forms (e.g., hora vs. gora)shows considerable lexical influence from Polish and other West Slavic tonguesthe first extant texts regarded as proto-Ukrainian date back to the 11th-12th centuries. |
| Sample phrase | Привіт, як ти? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Ukrainian language, identified by the code ukr, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
Previous: Language Code List
Read next: Language Plural Rules
Tired of manually editing translation files?
Our platform streamlines software localization for you.