Ukrainian orthography of 2019

The Ukrainian orthography of 2019 (Украї́нський право́пис 2019 ро́ку) is the current version of Ukrainian orthography, prepared by the Ukrainian National Orthography Commission. On , the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved a new version of the orthography, and on , this document came into force. The composition of the Ukrainian National Commission, which prepared the draft orthography, was approved by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on . A transitional phase is currently underway to implement the new version. During this stage, each institution decides independently on the use of the new version. But the Ukrainian Center for Educational Quality Assessment has been set five years to implement the new standards in external independent evaluation tests. The new edition brought back to use some features of the Ukrainian orthography of 1928 (the so-called Orthography of Kharkiv), which were part of the Ukrainian orthographic tradition thrown out by the Ukrainian orthography of 1933, which began the Russification of the Ukrainian orthography tradition. At the same time, the commission was guided by the understanding that the language practice of Ukrainians in the second half of the XX – beginning of the XXI century has already become part of the Ukrainian orthography tradition. The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine with reference to the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine explains that the orthography in the previous edition generally met the needs of society and cannot be considered obsolete. It needed only the elimination of certain contradictions, streamlining, clarification and addition in accordance with the modern language trends that have formed in society. This provision was recognized as fair by a significant part of the participants in the public discussion of the new version of the Ukrainian orthography.