Ukraine 2021(?)

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Originally Posted by DRG

potentially dumb question alert
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Is Ukrainian to Russian ( the languages..... ) similar to the similarities and differences between High German and German Dialects?

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I don't know the difference between German dialects, but I believe that Ukrainian and Russian are more different. Knowing Russian, I don't know Ukrainian and can hardly understand it, though more words are similar to Polish. A lot of words are different and there are slightly different grammar forms. Some Cyrillic letters are pronounced in a different way, which is a false friend. In writing, the easiest way to tell Ukrainian are letters "і" and "ї".