Thanks Eugenia, this is all very interesting. In our schools in the UK, including in Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, I believe the first language used for the purpose of teaching pupils throughout the country is English. I tried to quick-check to see what info I could find in a search on our government website, which pointed me towards a website on education in UK, and came up with some stats for pupils first language and how they classify that in schools, but it didn't really confirm my beliefs. Though I've never heard differently. It just makes more sense to have one national language throughout the entire country, because many people here who prefer to remain in the country, might relocate to other parts of the United Kingdom, e.g. Scotland, Ireland or Wales, and vice versa some from those parts might wish to relocate to England. We obviously have all languages relating to Wales, Scotland, Ireland, that are still used at home and in dual signage etc., and that makes it far easier when travelling to other parts of the UK. Not that I'm an expert on this subject. But it seems to me to make better sense, to have one common language that is teachers use in our schools. And later on in life that consequently makes more sense for employment, relocation, etc., and likely helps our economy. But we never have any of those regions (countries within the UK) doing to us what russia is doing to Ukraine because that foreign country wants to force its own language on Ukraine and all who reside there in Ukraine. That russification is so damaging to Ukraine in so many different ways, and Ukraine is not russia. How would russia like it if Ukraine tried to force its language onto the citizens within russia, and have Ukrainian as the first language in some regions within russia? Which obviously Ukraine does not do, even though there are many who have Ukrainian in their ancestry...
When spoken by the likes of Sergey Lavrov, English also sounds menacing and hurts my ears. It is terrible when a language is used to tell so many lies, that the language itself becomes detestable. Take care.
Hello Eugenia 😊, great seeing you again with such an interesting video on language. You looked sparkling and it was nice to know that you are your mum's. I hope you have lots to gossip with your mum ! Take care and stay safe and happy and keep smiling. With love to you and your loved ones. Allan x. Slava Ukraini ✌️🇺🇦🫶🇪🇺 OTAN 🕊️
I love watching your videos Eugenia, you are so natural in your presentation. It's good that explain things about how Ukraine was under Soviet rule and why Ukraine must be given everything it needs to win this war. Keep doing these type of videos, take care stay safe... Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦💙💛🏴
This is important information for people to understand that Ukraine merely made the Ukrainian language the official language of government and education. It didn't make the russian language illegal.
That won't stop kremlin sycophants and flunkies from lying about it anyway. The whole "russian language" drama is what has underpinned their imperial ambitions since the 90s.
Very interesting, and important, topic. Thanks for sharing. What is funny that in the US is that there is no "official" language. This was "discovered" when some jurisdictions started using Spanish as well as English on some government forms. This was generally done for forms that people had to fill out. So, this came to the courts, and they found that it was allowed to do so since there is no place in the US Constitution or any subsequent laws where English was designated as the official language. Of course, teaching is done in English, as well as testing of students. I would not be surprised that in some heavily Hispanic regions that Spanish is used to an extent in schools. Actually, it was a close-run thing at the beginning of the Republic whether English or German would become the dominant language, at least in some areas. It would not be surprising since the Americans wanted to break from the British. There were lots of little changes made early on that separate American English from British English to this day. I was reading a biography of US President Lyndon B. Johnson, who grew up in Texas. When he was young, in the early 20th century, the local newspaper was in German. There were large areas of Texas where many Germans settled. People were encouraged by authorities in Germany to emigrate to the US because of population pressure at the time in Germany and the abundant opportunities and land in the US.
Thanks Jane. This was interesting. But now I have this desire for you to show us some music. Could you sing us a song or play an instrument for us? I have seen you make some moves like a dancer. Before this full scale war I watched a LOT of videos about music. Mostly piano but also guitar violin, singing... In 2022 when I started looking on YT for information some of the first channels I found were Ukrainian channels about music because YT knows I love music. So would you make some music for us? Pretty please? Slava Ukraini !!
Music school! What was your specialty? I went to normal boring public high schools, but played flute/piccolo since 7th grade and cello for 2 years. I technically did one marching (band) season playing xylophone (et al), too, but that doesn't really count.
At least thirty-five languages are spoken in South Africa, twelve of which are official languages of South Africa. Even sign language is now recognised as an official language. Local language instruction is supported by South Africa's language policy. Generally, the first language is used as the medium of instruction in Grades 1 to 3. English is introduced in Grades 1 and 2 as an additional subject, shifting to English as the language of instruction in Grade 4. I have a friend currently doing a postgraduate diploma in agriculture, and the questions posed by the relevant lecturer are written in such bad English, full of grammatical errors, that it makes the questions vague and at worst unintelligible. So disheartening.
During the Soviet Union, the process of Russification in Ukraine was a systematic effort to suppress Ukrainian culture, language, and identity, replacing them with Russian norms. This story is a glimpse into that era: Imagine a small Ukrainian village in the 1930s. The vibrant culture, rich with traditional songs, dances, and the melodic Ukrainian language, is the heart of the community. However, the Soviet regime begins to impose strict policies aimed at erasing this cultural identity.
@@EugeniaFromUkraine What were such policies? I have heard about ukrainization in the soviet union that resulted in a higher percentage of population viewing them as ukrainian nationals in the 90s of XX century, than in the XIX.
Thanks, Jane, the truth teller 🫂
Intresting video Jane stay safe and take care
Interesting video, Eugenia. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Great video. I find the issue of language, especially with regard to national and regional identity fascinating, thanks.
thanks for watching Axel:)
Thanks Eugenia, this is all very interesting.
In our schools in the UK, including in Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, I believe the first language used for the purpose of teaching pupils throughout the country is English. I tried to quick-check to see what info I could find in a search on our government website, which pointed me towards a website on education in UK, and came up with some stats for pupils first language and how they classify that in schools, but it didn't really confirm my beliefs. Though I've never heard differently.
It just makes more sense to have one national language throughout the entire country, because many people here who prefer to remain in the country, might relocate to other parts of the United Kingdom, e.g. Scotland, Ireland or Wales, and vice versa some from those parts might wish to relocate to England.
We obviously have all languages relating to Wales, Scotland, Ireland, that are still used at home and in dual signage etc., and that makes it far easier when travelling to other parts of the UK. Not that I'm an expert on this subject.
But it seems to me to make better sense, to have one common language that is teachers use in our schools. And later on in life that consequently makes more sense for employment, relocation, etc., and likely helps our economy.
But we never have any of those regions (countries within the UK) doing to us what russia is doing to Ukraine because that foreign country wants to force its own language on Ukraine and all who reside there in Ukraine.
That russification is so damaging to Ukraine in so many different ways, and Ukraine is not russia.
How would russia like it if Ukraine tried to force its language onto the citizens within russia, and have Ukrainian as the first language in some regions within russia? Which obviously Ukraine does not do, even though there are many who have Ukrainian in their ancestry...
When spoken by the likes of Sergey Lavrov, English also sounds menacing and hurts my ears. It is terrible when a language is used to tell so many lies, that the language itself becomes detestable. Take care.
Thank you for explaining the law to me. 😊
Hello Eugenia 😊, great seeing you again with such an interesting video on language. You looked sparkling and it was nice to know that you are your mum's. I hope you have lots to gossip with your mum ! Take care and stay safe and happy and keep smiling. With love to you and your loved ones. Allan x. Slava Ukraini ✌️🇺🇦🫶🇪🇺 OTAN 🕊️
Heroyam Slava !!
Heroyam Slava)))
I love watching your videos Eugenia, you are so natural in your presentation. It's good that explain things about how Ukraine was under Soviet rule and why Ukraine must be given everything it needs to win this war. Keep doing these type of videos, take care stay safe... Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦💙💛🏴
This is important information for people to understand that Ukraine merely made the Ukrainian language the official language of government and education. It didn't make the russian language illegal.
That won't stop kremlin sycophants and flunkies from lying about it anyway. The whole "russian language" drama is what has underpinned their imperial ambitions since the 90s.
Hugs. Stay safe please ❤
Slava Ukraini! ✌️ 🇷🇴 ➕ 🇺🇦
I look forward to the time when Ukrainian will be widely spoken in the Crimea.
Very interesting, and important, topic. Thanks for sharing.
What is funny that in the US is that there is no "official" language. This was "discovered" when some jurisdictions started using Spanish as well as English on some government forms. This was generally done for forms that people had to fill out. So, this came to the courts, and they found that it was allowed to do so since there is no place in the US Constitution or any subsequent laws where English was designated as the official language. Of course, teaching is done in English, as well as testing of students. I would not be surprised that in some heavily Hispanic regions that Spanish is used to an extent in schools.
Actually, it was a close-run thing at the beginning of the Republic whether English or German would become the dominant language, at least in some areas. It would not be surprising since the Americans wanted to break from the British. There were lots of little changes made early on that separate American English from British English to this day. I was reading a biography of US President Lyndon B. Johnson, who grew up in Texas. When he was young, in the early 20th century, the local newspaper was in German. There were large areas of Texas where many Germans settled. People were encouraged by authorities in Germany to emigrate to the US because of population pressure at the time in Germany and the abundant opportunities and land in the US.
Thanks Jane. This was interesting. But now I have this desire for you to show us some music. Could you sing us a song or play an instrument for us? I have seen you make some moves like a dancer. Before this full scale war I watched a LOT of videos about music. Mostly piano but also guitar violin, singing... In 2022 when I started looking on YT for information some of the first channels I found were Ukrainian channels about music because YT knows I love music.
So would you make some music for us? Pretty please?
Slava Ukraini !!
Eugenia, there is an interesting article in Wikipedia:
Перелік громад, що змінили церковну юрисдикцію з УПЦ (МП) на ПЦУ (2024)
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Music school! What was your specialty? I went to normal boring public high schools, but played flute/piccolo since 7th grade and cello for 2 years. I technically did one marching (band) season playing xylophone (et al), too, but that doesn't really count.
My specialty was piano:) I still can play just a little:)))
@@EugeniaFromUkraine superior!
At least thirty-five languages are spoken in South Africa, twelve of which are official languages of South Africa. Even sign language is now recognised as an official language. Local language instruction is supported by South Africa's language policy. Generally, the first language is used as the medium of instruction in Grades 1 to 3. English is introduced in Grades 1 and 2 as an additional subject, shifting to English as the language of instruction in Grade 4. I have a friend currently doing a postgraduate diploma in agriculture, and the questions posed by the relevant lecturer are written in such bad English, full of grammatical errors, that it makes the questions vague and at worst unintelligible. So disheartening.
It's truly impressive how multilingual South Africa is, with such strong support for local languages in education
Hmmm, so it was a language that most people preferred to use as the main one and then a minority straightout prohibited this?
During the Soviet Union, the process of Russification in Ukraine was a systematic effort to suppress Ukrainian culture, language, and identity, replacing them with Russian norms. This story is a glimpse into that era:
Imagine a small Ukrainian village in the 1930s. The vibrant culture, rich with traditional songs, dances, and the melodic Ukrainian language, is the heart of the community. However, the Soviet regime begins to impose strict policies aimed at erasing this cultural identity.
@@EugeniaFromUkraine What were such policies? I have heard about ukrainization in the soviet union that resulted in a higher percentage of population viewing them as ukrainian nationals in the 90s of XX century, than in the XIX.
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