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Russian language

Russian is an East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic languages, and is the native language of the Russian people. Russian was the de facto (and de jure in its final years) official language of the former Soviet Union. It has remained an official language of…

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Early forms
Proto-Balto-Slavic Proto-Slavic Old Russian Middle Russian · Proto-Slavic Old Russian Middle Russian · Old Russian Middle Russian · Middle Russian
Glottolog
russ1263
ISO 639-1
ru
ISO 639-2
rus
ISO 639-3
rus
Language family
Balto-SlavicSlavicEast SlavicRussian · SlavicEast SlavicRussian · East SlavicRussian · Russian

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Name of the language

Classification

Standard Russian

Geographic distribution

As an international language

Dialects

Comparison with other Slavic languages

Derived languages

Alphabet

Phonology

Grammar

History and literary language

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Russian language

Nodes319
Edges318
Triples210
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.00627
Components1

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Russian language

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related to North America · 43
Russian language → According, Afterward, Alaska, Although, Baltimore, Before, Boston, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, Calgary, Canada, Central Asians, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, English, In, In Nikolaevsk, Los Angeles, Miami
related to Derived languages · 36
Russian language → Alaska, Aleut, Balachka, Belarusian, BelarusTaimyr Pidgin Russian, Bering Island, Cossacks, Don, During, English, Esperanto, Fenya, Finnmark, GermanRunglish, Kola PeninsulaSurzhyk, Krasnodar, Kuban, Medny Aleut, Nganasan, Norwegian
related to Geographic distribution · 27
Russian language → Arabic, Asia, Australia, Baltic, Canada, CIS, Eastern Europe, Education, English, French, Hindi-Urdu, In, Latin America, Mandarin, Middle East, New Zealand, North Africa, Portuguese, RSL, Russia
Official language in · 21
Russian language → Abkhazia[b] (co-official), Abkhazia[b] (co-official) South Ossetia[b] (co-official) Transnistria (state), Autonomous Republic of Crimea (co-official)[a], Belarus (co-official), Gagauzia (co-official), IAEA, ICAO, Kazakhstan (co-official), Kyrgyzstan (co-official), Left Bank of the Dniester (co-official), Moldova: Gagauzia (co-official) Left Bank of the Dniester (co-official), Moldova: Gagauzia (co-official) Left Bank of the Dniester (co-official) Ukraine: Autonomous Republic of Crimea (co-official)[a], Russia (state), Russia (state) Belarus (co-official) Kazakhstan (co-official) Kyrgyzstan (co-official) Tajikistan (as inter-ethnic language designated by the constitution), South Ossetia[b] (co-official), Tajikistan (as inter-ethnic language designated by the constitution), Transnistria (state), Ukraine: Autonomous Republic of Crimea (co-official)[a], UNESCO, United Nations: IAEA ICAO UNESCO WHO CIS EAEU CSTO SCO OSCE ATS ISO
related to Europe · 20
Russian language → According, Belarus, Belarusian, Belarusians, Constitution, Estonian, Estonian-language, Estonian-medium, In, In Belarus, In Estonia, Jews, Poles, Russian, Russian-language, Russians, School, The, Ukrainians, World Factbook
related to history · 8
Russian language → It, Middle Russian, Modern Russian, No, Old East Slavic, Old Russian, Russian, The
related to External links · 6
Russian language → English, National Corpus, Prominent Russian, Russian, Russian Enthusiast, Russian Language Institute Language
see also · 6
Russian language → English, List, Russia, Russian, Russification, Union
related to Orthography · 5
Russian language → According, For, Institute, Russian Academy, Science
Early forms · 4
Russian language → Middle Russian, Old Russian Middle Russian, Proto-Balto-Slavic Proto-Slavic Old Russian Middle Russian, Proto-Slavic Old Russian Middle Russian

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russian language used languages population official slavic also spoken speakers according church slavonic native status ukrainian state east russia modern

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Russian languageEarly formsProto-Balto-Slavic Proto-Slavic Old Russian Middle Russian1.00infobox
Russian languageEarly formsProto-Slavic Old Russian Middle Russian1.00infobox
Russian languageEarly formsOld Russian Middle Russian1.00infobox
Russian languageEarly formsMiddle Russian1.00infobox
Russian languageGlottologruss12631.00infobox
Russian languageISO 639-1ru1.00infobox
Russian languageISO 639-2rus1.00infobox
Russian languageISO 639-3rus1.00infobox
Russian languageLanguage familyBalto-SlavicSlavicEast SlavicRussian1.00infobox
Russian languageLanguage familySlavicEast SlavicRussian1.00infobox
Russian languageLanguage familyEast SlavicRussian1.00infobox
Russian languageLanguage familyRussian1.00infobox
Russian languageLinguasphere53-AAA-ea < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eaa to 53-AAA-eat)1.00infobox
Russian languageNative toRussia, other areas of the Russian-speaking world1.00infobox
Russian languageOfficial language inRussia (state) Belarus (co-official) Kazakhstan (co-official) Kyrgyzstan (co-official) Tajikistan (as inter-ethnic language designated by the constitution)1.00infobox
Russian languageOfficial language inRussia (state)1.00infobox
Russian languageOfficial language inBelarus (co-official)1.00infobox
Russian languageOfficial language inKazakhstan (co-official)1.00infobox
Russian languageOfficial language inKyrgyzstan (co-official)1.00infobox
Russian languageOfficial language inTajikistan (as inter-ethnic language designated by the constitution)1.00infobox
Russian languageOfficial language inMoldova: Gagauzia (co-official) Left Bank of the Dniester (co-official) Ukraine: Autonomous Republic of Crimea (co-official)[a]1.00infobox
Russian languageOfficial language inMoldova: Gagauzia (co-official) Left Bank of the Dniester (co-official)1.00infobox
Russian languageOfficial language inGagauzia (co-official)1.00infobox
Russian languageOfficial language inLeft Bank of the Dniester (co-official)1.00infobox
Russian languageOfficial language inUkraine: Autonomous Republic of Crimea (co-official)[a]1.00infobox
Russian languageOfficial language inAutonomous Republic of Crimea (co-official)[a]1.00infobox
Russian languageOfficial language inAbkhazia[b] (co-official) South Ossetia[b] (co-official) Transnistria (state)1.00infobox
Russian languageOfficial language inAbkhazia[b] (co-official)1.00infobox
Russian languageOfficial language inSouth Ossetia[b] (co-official)1.00infobox
Russian languageOfficial language inTransnistria (state)1.00infobox

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