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Ukrainian language IS the folk language. It was known as "folk language" ("народная молва") previously.

• int_19h 6y ago
  By Ukrainians, sure. It's pretty common for people to refer to their own speech simply as "the speech", and have more specific labels for other people. Ukrainian (and Russian, and most other Slavic languages) also uses a word for Germans that literally means "mute", for similar reasons.
  • drran 6y ago
    Ukrainian language is called "folk language" (народная молва) in Russian language. In Ukrainian, it just "language" (мова).
    • int_19h 6y ago
      Ukrainian language is called "украинский язык" in Russian. And "молва" doesn't mean "язык" in Russian at all - it means "rumors".