List Of Languages Of Russia

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Short description: Languages used in the Russian Federation

This is a list of languages used in Russia. Some of the languages have more speakers, and even official status, in other countries.

Official language

  • Russian (138,312,001 speakers)

Languages related to European Russia

Languages with 1,000,000 or more speakers

  • English (7,574,302)
  • Tatar (5,200,000)
  • German (2,069,949)
  • Chuvash (1,640,000)
  • Bashkir (1,450,000)
  • Chechen (1,340,000)
  • Ukrainian (1,300,000)[1]

Languages with 100,000 or more speakers

  • Armenian
  • Avar (784,000)
  • Azerbaijani (669,000)
  • Mordovian languages (614,000)
    • Moksha
    • Erzya
  • Kabardian (587,000)
  • Dargwa (503,000)
  • Ossetic (493,000)
  • Udmurt (463,000)
  • Yakut (450.000)
  • Kumyk (458,000)
  • Eastern Mari (451,000)
  • Ingush (405,000)
  • Lezgian (397,000)
  • Belarusian (316,000)
  • Karachay-Balkar (302,000)
  • Georgian (286,000)
  • Komi-Zyrian (217,000)
  • Turkish (161,000)
  • Kalmyk (153,000)
  • Lak (153,000)
  • Romanian (147,000)
  • Adyghe (129,000)
  • Tabassaran (128,000)

Languages with 10,000 or more speakers

  • Komi-Permyak (94,000)
  • Polish (94,000)
  • Nogai (90,000)
  • Karelian (52,000)
  • Finnish (51,000)
  • Lithuanian (49,000)
  • Abaza (38,000)
  • Western Mari (36,000)
  • Latvian (34,000)
  • Kurmanji (30,000)
  • Yiddish (30,000)
  • Rutul (29,000)
  • Aghul (29,000)
  • Estonian (26,000)
  • Andi (23,000)
  • Baltic Romany (20,000)
  • Tsez (15,000)
  • Bezhta (10,000)
  • Vlax Romany (10,000)
  • Livvi

Languages with 1,000 or more speakers

  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (7,700)
  • Khwarshi (3,000)
  • Serbian
  • Veps
  • Tindi
  • Karata
  • Ludian
  • Hunzib
  • Bagvalal
  • Botlikh
  • Tsakhur
  • Akhvakh
  • Ghodoberi
  • Archi
  • Chamalal
  • Judeo-Tat

Languages with fewer than 1,000 speakers

  • Sami languages
    • Akkala Sami
    • Kildin Sami
    • Skolt Sami
    • Ter Sami
  • Vod
  • Ingrian
  • Hinukh
  • Kurdish

Languages related to Asian Russia

Languages with 100,000 or more speakers

  • Kazakh (563,000)
  • Yakut (456,000)
  • Buryat (368,000)
  • Tuvin (242,000)
  • Uzbek (238,000)
  • Tajiki (131,000)

Languages with 10,000 or more speakers

  • Altay (65,000)
  • Khakas (52,000)
  • Kyrgyz (46,000)
  • Nenets (31,000)
  • Evenki (13,800)
  • Khanty (13,000)
  • Shor (around 10,000)

Languages with 1,000 or more speakers

  • Even (5,656)
  • Mansi (2,746)
  • Dolgan (1,054)
  • Selkup (1,023)

Languages with fewer than 1,000 speakers

  • Yupik languages
    • Naukan (Naukanski)
    • Sirenik
    • Central Siberian Yupik (Yuit)
  • Yukaghir languages
    • Northern Yukaghir
    • Southern Yukaghir
  • Ket
  • Ainu
  • Orok
  • Udege
  • Kerek
  • Aleut (including Mednyy)
  • Enets
  • Alutor
  • Negidal
  • Tofalar (Karagas)
  • Itelmen
  • Yugh
  • Nganasan
  • Oroch
  • Chulym
  • Ulch
  • Nivkh
  • Nanai

Other

  • Korean (60,000)
    • Koryo-mar
  • Mandarin Chinese (59,000)
  • Turkmen (38,000)
  • Czech
  • Domari
  • Lomavren
  • Pontic Greek
  • Bohtan Neo-Aramaic
  • Tat language
  • Russian sign language

Language families

A total of 14 language families are native to Russia:[2]

  • Ainu
  • Chukotko-Kamchatkan
  • Eskimo–Aleut
  • Indo-European
  • Koreanic
  • Mongolic
  • Nivkh
  • Northeast Caucasian
  • Northwest Caucasian
  • Tungusic
  • Turkic
  • Uralic
  • Yeniseian
  • Yukaghir

References

  1. Владение украинским языком в России в разрезе этнических групп / Завьялов А. В. Социальная адаптация украинских иммигрантов : монография / А. В. Завьялов. – Иркутск : Изд-во ИГУ, 2017. – 179 с.
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2019). "Glottolog". Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. https://glottolog.org/glottolog/family. 

External links

  • Languages of European Russia (Ethnologue)
  • Languages of Asian Russia (Ethnologue)
  • Indigenous Minority Languages of Russia: Bibliographical guide



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