Wayback machine shows “Kiev” as the capital of Ukraine in Wikipedia for September 15, 2020, and “Kyiv” September 19, 2020. I’m curious what changed that week?
Kyiv is the Ukrainian spelling. Kiev is the Russian spelling, In the past number of years as Ukrainian nationalism has written, so has a preference for the use of Ukrainian spellings and pronunciations.
Ukrainian spelling vs. Russian spelling. Not a new thing. Trust the media to keep us up to date (sarc). Slavic languages are like Romance languages: similar but different, also depending on whether they use Cyrilic or Roman alphabets.
No, Vladimir would still be Vladimir, because he is a Russian and that is a Russian name. Volodymyr is a Ukrainian name. Just as John is an English name and Jean is a French name. It is interesting, though, that "holodomor" has the same initial part as "holocaust," with the same general idea.
Ukrainians and Russians have different spellings and pronunciations of the same name. The spelling and pronunciation definitively tells you whether it is Russian or Ukrainian. While both use a Cyrillic alphabet, the alphabets are different and the languages are different.
I've never ever seen it spelled "Kyiv" before this media bullshit... Or heard it pronounced keeev. Chicken keeev? No.
Wayback machine shows “Kiev” as the capital of Ukraine in Wikipedia for September 15, 2020, and “Kyiv” September 19, 2020. I’m curious what changed that week?
Kyiv is the Ukrainian spelling. Kiev is the Russian spelling, In the past number of years as Ukrainian nationalism has written, so has a preference for the use of Ukrainian spellings and pronunciations.
can confirm I've always seen it Kiev previous to this news cycle
Ukrainian spelling vs. Russian spelling. Not a new thing. Trust the media to keep us up to date (sarc). Slavic languages are like Romance languages: similar but different, also depending on whether they use Cyrilic or Roman alphabets.
Haha just like Vladimir Putin vs Volodymyr (reminds me of holodomor) Zelensky
No, Vladimir would still be Vladimir, because he is a Russian and that is a Russian name. Volodymyr is a Ukrainian name. Just as John is an English name and Jean is a French name. It is interesting, though, that "holodomor" has the same initial part as "holocaust," with the same general idea.
I was literally agreeing with you and provided an example for you that highlighted exactly what you were talking about.
Ukrainians and Russians have different spellings and pronunciations of the same name. The spelling and pronunciation definitively tells you whether it is Russian or Ukrainian. While both use a Cyrillic alphabet, the alphabets are different and the languages are different.