Russian language

E3584

East Slavic language Indo-European language natural language

Russian is an East Slavic language spoken primarily in Russia and neighboring countries, serving as one of the world's major languages in politics, science, and culture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Russian language canonical	94
Russian	28
Standard Russian	1

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	East Slavic language ⓘ Indo-European language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Belarusian language ⓘ Ukrainian language ⓘ
hasAspectSystem	imperfective aspect ⓘ perfective aspect ⓘ
hasCaseSystem	six grammatical cases ⓘ
hasGrammaticalGender	feminine ⓘ masculine ⓘ neuter ⓘ
hasMajorDialectGroup	Central Russian dialects ⓘ Northern Russian dialects ⓘ Southern Russian dialects ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType	fusional language ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor	Alexander Pushkin ⓘ Anton Chekhov ⓘ Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ Leo Tolstoy ⓘ Nikolai Gogol ⓘ
hasNumberCategory	plural ⓘ singular ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	palatalized consonants ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ
hasStandardOrthographySince	early 20th century spelling reform ⓘ
historicalAncestor	Old East Slavic ⓘ
influencedBy	Church Slavonic ⓘ French language ⓘ German language ⓘ Mongolic languages ⓘ Turkic languages ⓘ
ISO639-1Code	ru ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	rus ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	rus ⓘ
isOfficialUNLanguage	true ⓘ
languageBranch	East Slavic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Balto-Slavic languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages Slavic languages ⓘ
numberOfNativeSpeakers	over 150 million ⓘ
numberOfSpeakers	over 250 million ⓘ
officialLanguageOf	Belarus ⓘ Kazakhstan ⓘ Kyrgyzstan ⓘ Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian Federation
officialLanguageStatus	official language in several post-Soviet states ⓘ
primaryCountry	Russia ⓘ
regionalOrMinorityLanguageIn	Azerbaijan ⓘ Estonia ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Germany ⓘ Israel ⓘ Latvia ⓘ Moldova ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
regulatingBody	no single official regulatory academy ⓘ
standardFormBasedOn	Moscow dialect ⓘ
subclassOf	Balto-Slavic language ⓘ Slavic language ⓘ
typicalWordOrder	SVO ⓘ
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn	Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: former Soviet Union
usedAsSecondLanguageBy	many people in Central Asia ⓘ many people in Eastern Europe ⓘ
usedInDomain	literature ⓘ mass media ⓘ politics ⓘ science ⓘ technology ⓘ
usesAlphabet	Cyrillic script ⓘ surface form: Russian Cyrillic alphabet
writingDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem	Cyrillic script ⓘ

Referenced by (123)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indo-European language family → includesLanguage → Russian language ⓘ

Romanian language → hasLoanwordsFrom → Russian language ⓘ

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific → officialLanguage → Russian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian

Belarusians → alsoSpeak → Russian language ⓘ

Estonian language → influencedBy → Russian language ⓘ

Slavic languages → includeLanguage → Russian language ⓘ

Turkmen language → lexicalInfluenceFrom → Russian language ⓘ

Kyrgyzstan → officialLanguage → Russian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian

Church Slavonic → influenced → Russian language ⓘ

Sakha Republic → hasOfficialLanguage → Russian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian

Ossetian language → coOfficialWith → Russian language ⓘ

Ossetian language → lexicalInfluenceFrom → Russian language ⓘ

Bashkir language → lexicalInfluenceFrom → Russian language ⓘ

Abkhaz language → coOfficialWith → Russian language ⓘ

United Nations Population Fund → officialLanguage → Russian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian

Balto-Slavic languages → includesLanguage → Russian language ⓘ

Yugtun → hasLoanwordsFrom → Russian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian

Crimean Tatar language → hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom → Russian language ⓘ

Armand → hasLanguageOfUse → Russian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian

middle Don River → hasLanguageRegion → Russian language ⓘ

Parliament of Kazakhstan → languageUsed → Russian language ⓘ

Eurasian Economic Union → hasOfficialLanguage → Russian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian

Almaty → languageMajority → Russian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian

Tat language → languageShiftTo → Russian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian

Tat language → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Russian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian

Mingrelian language → lexicalInfluenceFrom → Russian language ⓘ

Chuvash Republic → officialLanguage → Russian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian

Standard Belarusian → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Russian language ⓘ

Vologda Oblast → hasOfficialLanguage → Russian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian

Bulgarian language → influencedBy → Russian language ⓘ

Ter Sámi → historicalContactLanguage → Russian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian

southern Russia → language → Russian language ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Russia

this entity surface form: Russian

Karelian language → hasLoanwordsFrom → Russian language ⓘ

Enets → historicalLanguageContact → Russian language ⓘ

Novosibirsk → officialLanguage → Russian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian

Ter Sami → neighboringLanguages → Russian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian

Ter Sami → historicalContactLanguage → Russian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian

Permic languages → influencedBy → Russian language ⓘ

Kristalina Georgieva → languagesSpoken → Russian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian

Chuvash → usesLanguage → Russian language ⓘ

Ukrainian Navy → uses → Russian language ⓘ

Kildin Sámi → influencedBy → Russian language ⓘ

Kildin Sámi → hasLoanwordsFrom → Russian language ⓘ

Kaliningrad Oblast → officialLanguage → Russian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian

Helsinki Convention → language → Russian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian

Lake Peipus → hasLanguageRegion → Russian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian

Belarusian Orthodox communities → useLanguage → Russian language ⓘ

Ural Cossack forces → usedLanguage → Russian language ⓘ

United Nations official languages → includes → Russian language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian

Sakha language → lexicalInfluenceFrom → Russian language ⓘ