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Languages used in the Russian Federation
This is a list of
languages used in Russia.
Russian is the only official language at the national level and there are other 35
official languages, which are used in different regions of Russia.
[1]
Official language
Languages related to European Russia
Languages with 1,000,000 or more speakers
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English (7,574,302)
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Tatar (5,200,000)
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German (2,069,949)
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Chuvash (1,640,000)
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Bashkir (1,450,000)
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Chechen (1,340,000)
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Ukrainian (1,300,000)
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Languages with 100,000 or more speakers
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Armenian
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Avar (784,000)
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Azerbaijani (669,000)
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Mordovian languages (614,000)
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Kabardian (587,000)
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Dargwa (503,000)
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Ossetic (493,000)
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Udmurt (463,000)
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Yakut (450.000)
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Kumyk (458,000)
- Eastern
Mari (451,000)
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Ingush (405,000)
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Lezgian (397,000)
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Belarusian (316,000)
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Karachay-Balkar (302,000)
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Georgian (286,000)
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Komi-Zyrian (217,000)
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Turkish (161,000)
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Kalmyk (153,000)
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Lak (153,000)
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Romanian (147,000)
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Adyghe (129,000)
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Tabassaran (128,000)
Languages with 10,000 or more speakers
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Komi-Permyak (94,000)
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Polish (94,000)
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Nogai (90,000)
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Karelian (52,000)
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Finnish (51,000)
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Lithuanian (49,000)
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Abaza (38,000)
- Western
Mari (36,000)
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Latvian (34,000)
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Kurmanji (30,000)
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Yiddish (30,000)
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Rutul (29,000)
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Aghul (29,000)
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Estonian (26,000)
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Andi (23,000)
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Baltic Romany (20,000)
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Tsez (15,000)
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Bezhta (10,000)
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Vlax Romany (10,000)
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Livvi
Languages with 1,000 or more speakers
Languages with fewer than 1,000 speakers
Languages related to Asian Russia
Languages with 100,000 or more speakers
Languages with 10,000 or more speakers
Languages with 1,000 or more speakers
Languages with fewer than 1,000 speakers
Other
Language families
A total of 14 language families are native to Russia:
[3]
References
External links
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1 In Russia, the Cyrillic alphabet is officially supported. 2 For other, non-Cyrillic alphabets, separate federal laws are required.
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