Originally Posted by
Óttar
Russian has more speakers. Many Ukrainians speak Russian. It is called the Ukraine because Ukraine means borderland in Russian and since Russian doesn't have definite or indefinite articles, the Ukraine vs. Ukraine shouldn't matter. The article saying Ukrainian is the third most beautiful language is nonsense. The relative beauty of a language is subjective. The article says French is the most beautiful language which isn't true. Despite the arrogance of the French, French is just a generic Romance language like any other; a Romance language with some rather unpleasant sounds that don't exist in other Romance languages I might add.
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