2,334
edits
Ruthenian: Difference between revisions
m
→Classification
m (→Classification) |
m (→Classification) |
||
| Line 28: | Line 28: | ||
The Ruthenian language is a descendant of [[w:Old East Slavic language|Old East Slavic]], spoken in the early medieval state of [[w:Kievan Rus'|Kievan Rus']]. After the fall of the Kievan Rus' as well as the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, the language developed into a form called the Old Ruthenian language - a common ancestor of modern Ruthenian, Rusyn, Ukrainian and Belarusian languages. Unlike its closest relatives, Ruthenian has always maintained a sufficient base in Halicia, where the language was never banned, in its folklore songs and then in early literature. The modern Ruthenian language retains a high degree of mutual intelligibility with Rusyn, Belarusian and Ukrainian, but is also close to Polish and Slovak. | The Ruthenian language is a descendant of [[w:Old East Slavic language|Old East Slavic]], spoken in the early medieval state of [[w:Kievan Rus'|Kievan Rus']]. After the fall of the Kievan Rus' as well as the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, the language developed into a form called the Old Ruthenian language - a common ancestor of modern Ruthenian, Rusyn, Ukrainian and Belarusian languages. Unlike its closest relatives, Ruthenian has always maintained a sufficient base in Halicia, where the language was never banned, in its folklore songs and then in early literature. The modern Ruthenian language retains a high degree of mutual intelligibility with Rusyn, Belarusian and Ukrainian, but is also close to Polish and Slovak. | ||
==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
The Ruthenian language belongs to the [[w:East Slavic languages|East Slavic]] group of the [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European language family]]. According to the doctor of philology '''Kostiantyn Tyszczenko''' Ruthenian (as well as Ukrainian and Belarusian) has more common features with [[w:West Slavic languages|West Slavic]] languages, like Polish and Slovak, than with Russian, thereby the East Slavic is likely a geographic grouping. | The Ruthenian language belongs to the [[w:East Slavic languages|East Slavic]] group of the [[w:Indo-European languages|Indo-European language family]]. According to the doctor of philology '''Kostiantyn Tyszczenko''' Ruthenian (as well as Ukrainian and Belarusian) has more common features with [[w:West Slavic languages|West Slavic]] languages, like Polish and Slovak, than with Russian, thereby the East Slavic is likely a geographic grouping. | ||
The classification and identification of Ruthenian is historically and politically problematic. The Ruthenian language is closely related to Ukrainian and Rusyn. Before World War I, Rusyns or Ruthenians were recognized as Halician Ukrainians within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In the XXth century, the question of whether Ruthenian and Ukrainian languages are dialects of a single language or two separate languages was actively discussed, with the debate affected by linguistic and political factor. The matter of whether or not Ruthenian is indeed a separate language continued to be speculated until 1961, when Halicia became a part of the [[w:Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]] by a referendum. These two languages still share a large degree of a mutual intelligibility. | The classification and identification of Ruthenian is historically and politically problematic. The Ruthenian language is closely related to Ukrainian and Rusyn. Before World War I, Rusyns or Ruthenians were recognized as Halician Ukrainians within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In the XXth century, the question of whether Ruthenian and Ukrainian languages are dialects of a single language or two separate languages was actively discussed, with the debate affected by linguistic and political factor. The matter of whether or not Ruthenian is indeed a separate language continued to be speculated until 1961, when Halicia became a part of the [[w:Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]] by a referendum. These two languages still share a large degree of a mutual intelligibility. | ||