Posted by J Yuschenko Hrak on March 20, 2000 at 04:09:41:
In Reply to: language debate posted by Darka Hawryshkiw on March 19, 2000 at 20:12:07:
: I think it's great to see more and more Ukrainians in Ukraine uniting on the issue of pro-Ukrainian language planning policy. Language planning can often serve to mobilize a nation's consciousness and identity which must take place for Ukraine to strengthen its identity and rightful place in the world as a sovereign nation. I don't think that the Soviet regime was all that concerned about our identity and future in their many intense decades of Russification enacted in Ukraine. As an applied linguist and a Ukrainian woman, I heartily support having Ukrainian as the only official language in Ukraine. Slava Ukraini!!!!!!
I agree 100%
Ukrainian must be the only official language
to raise both national consciousness and
cultural awareness of Ukrainians in Ukraine
and abroad.
Slava Ukraini!!