Languages of Russia

Of all the languages of Russia, Russian, the most widely spoken language, is the only official language at the national level. There are 35 other official languages, which are used in different regions of Russia. These languages include; Ossetic, Ukrainian, Buryat, Kalmyk, Chechen, Ingush, Abaza, Adyghe, Cherkess, Kabardian, Altai, Bashkir, Chuvash, Crimean Tatar, Karachay-Balkar, Khakas, Nogai, Tatar, Tuvan, Yakut, Erzya, Komi, Hill Mari, Meadow Mari, Moksha, and Udmurt. There are over 100 minority languages spoken in Russia today.

Languages of Russia
Memorial in Vyborg in Finnish, Russian, Swedish and German.
OfficialRussian
Semi-officialThirty-five languages
MinorityDozens of languages of the Indo-European, Northeast Caucasian, Northwest Caucasian, Uralic, Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic and Paleosiberian language families
Foreign13–20% have foreign language knowledge
  1. English (71% out of all foreign language speakers or 15% of the population; 30% to some degree.
  2. German (16%)
  3. Ukrainian (9%)
  4. Azerbaijani, Turkish & French (3%)
  5. Others (20%)
SignedRussian Sign Language
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