Ukrainian dialects

Map of Ukrainian dialects and subdialects (2005)
  Northern group
  Southeastern group
  Southwestern group
The Ukrainian (Ruthenian) language in the Second Polish Republic according to the 1921 census
Geographic distribution of the Ukrainian language in the Russian Empire according to the 1897 census

In the Ukrainian language there are three major dialectal groups according to territory: the southwestern group (Ukrainian: південно-західне наріччя, romanized: pivdenno-zakhidne narichchia), the southeastern group (Ukrainian: південно-східне наріччя, romanized: pivdenno-skhidne narichchia) and the northern group (Ukrainian: північне наріччя, romanized: pivnichne narichchia) of dialects.