January 2000

On December 10th through 16th,1999, The Shevchenko Scientific Society hosted the Director of the Ukrainian Language Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Dr. Vasyl Nimchuk. He was invited to New York to participate in a Symposium on the PROPOSAL FOR A NEW UKRAINIAN ORTHOGRAPHY. A select number of linguists and scholars from Ukraine, Canada, and the US participated in the discussions.

Dr. Nimchuk also spoke at a special workshop for Ukrainian EDITORS, which dealt with CURRENT UKRAINIAN ORTHOGRAPHIC RULES (pravopys), incl. changes introduced since 1990.

Dr. Nimchuk spoke about THE NEW PROPOSAL FOR UKRAINIAN ORTHOGRAPHY at Shevchenko Scientific Society in New York and in Philadelphia.

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Listen to Dr. Nimchuk's presentation: Part I (~30 minutes) Part II (~30 minutes)