ONCE AGAIN ON THE AGE OF THE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE

This article explores the origin and early history of the Ukrainian language. It emphasizes that Ukrainian began to form concurrently with other Slavic languages following the disintegration of the Proto-Slavic ethnolinguistic community in the mid- 1st millennium AD. Although reliable data on the earliest history of the Slavs and their language is lacking, it can be hypothetically reconstructed through comprehensive research involving ancient archaeological cultures and linguistic evidence. Historical accounts suggest that every ethno-tribal community typically had its own language.