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.
Contents
1Official language
2Languages related to European Russia
2.1Languages with 1,000,000 or more speakers
2.2Languages with 100,000 or more speakers
2.3Languages with 10,000 or more speakers
2.4Languages with 1,000 or more speakers
2.5Languages with fewer than 1,000 speakers
3Languages related to Asian Russia
3.1Languages with 100,000 or more speakers
3.2Languages with 10,000 or more speakers
3.3Languages with 1,000 or more speakers
3.4Languages with fewer than 1,000 speakers
4Other
5Language families
6References
7External links
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
↑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.
↑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
v
t
e
Languages of Russia
Federal language
Russian
State languages of federal subjects
Abaza
Adyghe
Aghul
Altai
Southern Altai
Avar
Azerbaijani
Bashkir
Buryat
Chechen
Chuvash
Crimean Tatar
Dargwa
Erzya
Ingush
Kabardian
Kalmyk
Karachay-Balkar
Khakas
Komi
Kumyk
Lak
Lezgian
Mari
Hill
Meadow
Moksha
Nogai
Ossetian
Rutul
Sakha
Tabasaran
Tat
Tatar
Tsakhur
Tuvan
Ukrainian
Udmurt
Languages with official status
Chukchi
Dolgan
Even
Evenki
Finnish
Karelian
Kazakh
Khanty
Komi-Permyak
Mansi
Nenets
Selkup
Veps
Yukaghir
Scripts
Cyrillic
Cyrillic Braille
0.00
(0 votes)
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List of languages of Russia. Read more