How can Ukrainian be a real language if it doesn't even have a dictionary?

Ukrainian is a mix of Russian, Bulgarian, Polish, Yiddish, German, Romanian, and Greek.
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Not having a dictionary doesn't prove that Ukrainian isn't a real language, it just as well proves that its speakers are illiterate. Irish and Scots Gaelic also have to do the same thing with their dictionaries (look up/invent words that are a replacement for English ones), and they are obviously real languages even if nobody speaks them.

The real reason that Ukrainian isn't a real language is because it is a dialect of Russian that never developed a self-standing literary tradition despite abortive efforts. Spelling words retardedly and using obscure dialectal terms that seem less Russian just reinforces that the language is built using Russian as a base. It's the same with the retarded government-sponsored attempts to make Scots a real language after everyone in Scotland adopted standardized written English for 300 years.
 
Why not ask Poles or people within Kuban\Krasnodar region of Russia using Surzhyk as their dialect of choice and cultural tradition?
 
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