BULGARIAN LANGUAGE AMONG BULGARIANS ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS ALL-UKRAINIAN CENSUS OF 2001

One of the key components of the belonging to a national group is the matter of the native language. The purpose of this work is: according to the results of the only one, at the moment, the census of the population of Ukraine, to set the level of ownership of the Bulgarian language among the Bulgarians of Ukraine, division by regions, the place of residence (city/ village), determine the level of knowledge of the Bulgarian language among all nationalities of Ukraine and compare with its own language of some other national minorities.