The Ukrainians speak a Slavonic language similar to Russian.
In Gaul, Spain and Italy and in Dacia the Latin speech still prevailed in locally distorted forms, but in Britain and east of the Rhine languages of the German group (or in Bohemia a Slavonic language, Czech) were the common speech.
any member of the people of Eastern Europe or Russian Asia who speak a Slavonic language.
International Association of Slavonic Languages and Literatures
A Czech playwright, Karel Capek, gave them their name in 1920 (from the Slavonic word for "work").
Slavonic Languages: A Survey Course
