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THE DAY OF UKRAINIAN WRITING AND LANGUAGE — 2021: IS THE USE OF UKRAINIAN AS AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE INCREASING?

stmm. 2022 (1): 207-215

SERHII SHAPOVALOV, MA in Political Science and Public Administration, political analyst at the Ilko Kucheriv “Democratic Initiatives” Charitable Foundation (33 Olesia Honchara St., Kyiv, 01054)

shapovalov@dif.org.ua

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0790-4454

The Day of Ukrainian Writing and Language is celebrated in this country every 9 November. On this occasion, the Ilko Kucheriv “Democratic Initiatives” Foundation published a press release that included findings from a survey on the attitudes of Ukrainian citizens towards the use of Ukrainian as an official language in various spheres such as service industry. The survey was carried out from 29 July to 4 August 2021, and it covered all Ukraine’s regions, except for the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and non-government controlled areas in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. In total, 2,019 people aged 18 and over were interviewed. Respondents were supposed to answer the following questions: a) whether they support (as part of the language legislation) the requirement that service sector employees should communicate with customers in Ukrainian (having the option to communicate in other languages on demand); b) what changes in the use of Ukrainian in the service sector they have noticed over the past six months; c) whether they switch from their native language to the language of their conversation partner; d) what language they consider to be their native. According to the data, a respondent’s native language and region of residence, as well as his/her political preferences, determine their attitude towards the requirement described above. It is worth pointing out that the respondent’s native language has proved to be more important than the region of residence.

Keywords: official language, language legislation, service sector, native language, language of everyday communication, political preferences, regions of Ukraine.

THE DAY OF UKRAINIAN WRITING AND LANGUAGE — 2021: IS THE USE OF UKRAINIAN AS AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE INCREASING?

stmm. 2022 (1): 207-215

SERHII SHAPOVALOV, MA in Political Science and Public Administration, political analyst at the Ilko Kucheriv “Democratic Initiatives” Charitable Foundation (33 Olesia Honchara St., Kyiv, 01054)

shapovalov@dif.org.ua

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0790-4454

The Day of Ukrainian Writing and Language is celebrated in this country every 9 November. On this occasion, the Ilko Kucheriv “Democratic Initiatives” Foundation published a press release that included findings from a survey on the attitudes of Ukrainian citizens towards the use of Ukrainian as an official language in various spheres such as service industry. The survey was carried out from 29 July to 4 August 2021, and it covered all Ukraine’s regions, except for the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and non-government controlled areas in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. In total, 2,019 people aged 18 and over were interviewed. Respondents were supposed to answer the following questions: a) whether they support (as part of the language legislation) the requirement that service sector employees should communicate with customers in Ukrainian (having the option to communicate in other languages on demand); b) what changes in the use of Ukrainian in the service sector they have noticed over the past six months; c) whether they switch from their native language to the language of their conversation partner; d) what language they consider to be their native. According to the data, a respondent’s native language and region of residence, as well as his/her political preferences, determine their attitude towards the requirement described above. It is worth pointing out that the respondent’s native language has proved to be more important than the region of residence.

Keywords: official language, language legislation, service sector, native language, language of everyday communication, political preferences, regions of Ukraine.

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