Is It Kyiv or Kiev? And Why the Pronunciation Changed

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Is It Kyiv or Kiev? And Why the Pronunciation Changed
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Is it Key-YEV? KIH-yeev? Language experts explain.

March 20, 2022 11:00 am ETcapital city “key-yev.” Now they’re hearing broadcasters and government officials say it differently. What’s going on?.

After Ukraine gained independence in 1991 amid the breakup of the Soviet Union, the Ukrainian government began changing geographic signs to spellings and sounds that align with the Ukrainian language, rather than Russian. The languages are closely related, similar to Spanish and Italian, but are distinct.

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