List of languages of Russia

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

* 1 Official language
* 2 Languages related to European Russia
* 2.1 Languages with 1,000,000 or more speakers
* 2.2 Languages with 100,000 or more speakers
* 2.3 Languages with 10,000 or more speakers
* 2.4 Languages with 1,000 or more speakers
* 2.5 Languages with fewer than 1,000 speakers
* 3 Languages related to Asian Russia
* 3.1 Languages with 100,000 or more speakers
* 3.2 Languages with 10,000 or more speakers
* 3.3 Languages with 1,000 or more speakers
* 3.4 Languages with fewer than 1,000 speakers
* 4 Other
* 5 Language families
* 6 References
* 7 External 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

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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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

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