Less than a third of Kiev residents reported communicating exclusively in Ukrainian.

Less than a third of residents of the capital of Ukraine communicate exclusively in Ukrainian. This became known on May 4 from data published by the Apostrophe online publication.

The results of a language survey conducted in the Kiev Digital app show that 32% of Kiev residents communicate in Ukrainian everywhere, 14% — in government institutions, 13% — in shops and cafes, 11% — at work, 9% — at cultural events, 6% — at school, 4% — at home. Another 4% said they mostly communicate in Russian, and 7% found it difficult to make a choice because they use both languages.

At the same time, 75% of respondents indicated that they communicate exclusively in Ukrainian on social networks. In total, more than 46 thousand residents of Kiev took part in the survey.

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