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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 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 | 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 factors. 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 boundary between Ruthenian and Rusyn languages is still a question of debate, since '''rusyńska mowa''' (the Rusyn language) was the native name of the Ruthenian language until 1961 and there is no unified Rusyn language, but a group of various dialects which are not fully mutually intelligible. Ukraine officially considers Rusyn and Ruthenian the same with the exception of the [[w:Pannonian Rusyn|Pannonian Rusyn]] spoken in Serbian Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. Even Ruthenian speakers called themselves ''rusyny'' rather than ''ruteny''. Since 1995, Rusyn has been recognized as a minority language in Slovakia, having the status of an official language in municipalities where more than 20 percent of the inhabitants speak Rusyn. Meanwhile Rusyn dialects in Transcarpathia are officially considered dialects of the Ruthenian language. | The boundary between Ruthenian and Rusyn languages is still a question of debate, since '''rusyńska mowa''' (the Rusyn language) was the native name of the Ruthenian language until 1961 and there is no unified Rusyn language, but a group of various dialects which are not fully mutually intelligible. Ukraine officially considers Rusyn and Ruthenian the same with the exception of the [[w:Pannonian Rusyn|Pannonian Rusyn]] spoken in Serbian Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. Even Ruthenian speakers called themselves ''rusyny'' rather than ''ruteny''. Since 1995, Rusyn has been recognized as a minority language in Slovakia, having the status of an official language in municipalities where more than 20 percent of the inhabitants speak Rusyn. Meanwhile Rusyn dialects in Transcarpathia are officially considered dialects of the Ruthenian language. | ||