Languages of Russia - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Languages_of_RussiaOf all the languages of Russia, Russian, the most widely spoken language, is the only official language at the national level. There are 35 languages which are considered official languages in various regions of Russia, along with Russian. There are over 100 minority languages spoken in Russia today. The new approved amendments to the Russian Constitution stipulate that Russian be the language of the “state forming people”. With president Vladimir Putin’s signing of an executive order ...
Russian language - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_languageIn 2010, there were 259.8 million speakers of Russian in the world: in Russia – 137.5 million, in the CISand Baltic countries – 93.7 million, in Eastern Europe – 12.9 million, Western Europe – 7.3 million, Asia – 2.7 million, Middle East and North Africa – 1.3 million, Sub-Saharan Africa – 0.1 million, Latin America – 0.2 million, U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand – 4.1 million speakers. There…
Russian language - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Russian_languageRussian (русский язык, tr. russkiy yazyk) is an East Slavic language native to Russia in Eastern Europe.It is a part of the Indo-European language family, and is one of three living East Slavic languages (four if Rusyn is counted as a separate language and not a dialect of Ukrainian), and also part of the larger Balto-Slavic branch.
Languages of Russia - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_RussiaAccording to the various studies made in 2005-2008 by Levada-Center 15% of Russians know a foreign language. From those who claim knowledge of at least one language: Knowledge of at least one foreign language is predominant among younger and middle-aged population. Among aged 18–24 38% can read and "translate with a dictionary", 11% can freely read and speak. Among aged 25–39 these numbers are 26% and 4% respectively.