Ukrainian

[Ursula Phillips]

I believe I am right in saying that since November 1991 the hard 'g' is
again in 'official' use. Amongst emigre Ukrainians it has never been out
of use. If you look in the Ukrainian-English Dictionary complied by
Andrusyshen and Krett (Univ. of Toronto Press, 1955, latest printing
1993) you will find the hard 'g' after g (i.e. h). The removal of the
hooked 'g' from Ukrainian during the Soviet era was an attempt to russify,
or sovietise Ukrainian, by removing this distinctive letter. I was
informed by a Professor at L'viv University that the Ukrainian 'g', as
opposed to g = h, has been restored and is being encouraged.

Ursula Phillips.
On Fri, 10 Feb 1995, Mogens Jensen wrote:

> Could anyone be so kind and tell me, why ukrainian "hard" gG is not in
> use these days? And what replaces the character?
> The capital I with one dot above is used in turkish - but not in
> Ukrainian - isn't it so? (Some odd person claims so). Thank you in
> forehand. Mogens Jensen
>