Hera Aliieva

Hera Aliieva

Founder, soloviy — Ukrainian dialects
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I'm Hera, founder of soloviy. We're a team of three building a free, open dictionary of the Ukrainian language as it's actually spoken — dialect words, surzhyk, slang and idioms. Anyone can add a word from their family and pin it to the place it comes from; every submission is reviewed before it goes live. 17,000+ words, 28,000+ points on the map of Ukraine, a public API with no key, and iOS and Android apps. We also use the same app to help Ukrainian students prepare for the national university entrance exam. Interested in language, maps, open data and community-built products.

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  • soloviy
    soloviyOpen platform for Ukrainian: dialect map + exam prep
    Sep 2026
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    Joined Product HuntSeptember 22nd, 2026

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3d ago

We mapped 18,000 Ukrainian dialect words. What's a word only your region uses?

Hi PH I'm Hera, building soloviy, a free dictionary of how Ukrainian is actually spoken. Anyone can add a word from their family and pin it to the place it comes from. We're at 18,000 words and 28,208 places on the map of Ukraine.

What keeps surprising me is how local it gets. A potato is bulba in one village, barabolia in the next, krumpli in Zakarpattia. For mashed potatoes alone we've collected 89 different words.

So, whatever language you speak: what's a word your family or your region uses that people 50 km away wouldn't understand? And is anyone collecting these for your language, or is it quietly disappearing the same way?

One more thing I'd like an honest answer to: would you actually explore a language through a map, or does that just make for a nice screenshot?

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2d ago

soloviy - Open platform for Ukrainian: dialect map + exam prep

soloviy is an open platform for the Ukrainian language. A free, community-built dictionary of dialects, surzhyk and slang — 18,000 words with meanings and real examples, and 28,208 places on the map across 27 regions, with a public API and iOS/Android apps. On the same base we run exam prep for students: 134 lessons, 18 free.
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