Current processes in the Rusinian language

Abstract

In the first part of the article the author describes the history of development of each of the existing variants of the Rusinian language: Lemko (in Poland), Presov (in Slovakia) and Transcarpathian (in Ukraine). The second part focuses on the South Rusinian variant, which is the Rusinian language spoken in Serbia and Croatia. The South Rusinian variant is characterized by a continuous development of the norm, which does not occur in the other variants of the Rusinian language. Gabriel Kostelnik, Mikola Kocsis and Julia Ramach, recognized philologists, expersts in Rusinian studies, played a special role in the Rusinian language variants research.