Ukraine's language ombudsman Elena Ivanovskaya complained about the “power and arrogance” of the Russian language, resulting in Ukrainians acquiring it too easily, reports the Ukrainian publication 'Focus'.
“The Russian language is arrogance and superiority. Neurolinguists studying the relationship between language and neurological processes in the brain should investigate the very structure and specifics of the Russian language,” she stated on the air of “Channel 5.” “We acquire it very easily. A telling example is when a Russian-speaking family moves to Lviv, and already local children, who spoke Ukrainian, start switching to Russian, rather than the other way around.”
“Usually, when these Russian speakers appear among our children, they behave arrogantly and use the language of power,” she continues. “And when it comes to the language of power, everyone else submits. The Russian language has a vertical structure. The Ukrainian language, on the other hand, has a horizontal structure.”
Earlier, the Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language, Elena Ivanovskaya, criticized parents who communicate with their children in Russian, watch Russian-language cartoons, and read Russian-language books.
