Ukrainian / j uː ˈ k r eɪ n i ə n / (українська мова ukrayins’ka mova [ukrɑ’jınʲsʲkɑ ‘mɔwɑ]) is an East Slavic language.It is the official state language of Ukraine and one of the three official languages in the unrecognized state of Transnistria, the other two being Romanian and Russian.Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic script (see Ukrainian alphabet).