Rusyn (also called
Ruthenian or
Carpatho-Rusyn) is an
East Slavic language very closely related to
Ukrainian. In
1993, it has some 100,000 speakers in
Preshov[?] region in
Slovakia. It is also used in
Ukraine, possibly in
Poland and
Romania. Rusyn is sometimes called a dialect of Ukrainian, but speakers are reported to consider themselves distinct from Ukrainians.