About Ukrainian Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Ukrainian is known as Ruthenian. It is an East Slavic language of the Indo-European language family. It is one of the Slavic languages and is a part of the larger Balto-Slavic branch. Ukrainian is the native language of Ukrainians. It is the official state language of Ukraine. The written script of Ukrainian uses the Cyrillic script. The Ukrainian language has a long history and is closely connected to the Old East Slavic of the early medieval state of Kyivan Rus. After Kyivan Rus and the Kingdom of Ruthenia lost their dominance the language developed in the form of the Ruthenian language. It is inspired by modern Ukraine and was also used in liturgical services. The Ukrainian language became common during the 17th century. It maintained major popularity in Western Ukraine, and the language was never banned over there.
About Turkmen Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Turkmen is popularly known as Turkmen-Turkic or Turkmen-Turkish. It is a Turkic language and is spoken by the Turkmens of Central Asia. It is mainly spoken in Turkmenistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. The language has an estimated five million native speakers. It is spoken in Turkmenistan, and has around 719,000 speakers in Northeastern Iran. Turkmen is also spoken by 1.5 million people in Northwestern Afghanistan. Turkmen is the official language of Turkmenistan. The language doesn’t have an official status in Iran or Afghanistan. Turkmen is also spoken in Turkmen communities of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The language is majorly spoken in Turkey and Russia. Turkmen belongs to the branch of Oghuz branch of the Turkic languages. The language has a standardized form of Turkmen and is spoken in the Teke dialect. Iranian Turkmen uses the Yomud dialect. The Afghan Turkmen uses Ersary variety and is closely related to Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Qashqai, and Turkish.
