Russian language

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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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Russian language canonical 94
Russian 28
Standard Russian 1

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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

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

Judeo-Tajik lexiconInfluencedBy Russian language
Kumyk influencedBy Russian language
Аҧсуа бызшәа coOfficialWith Russian language
Tajik language hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Russian language
Gudermes languageMinority Russian language
this entity surface form: Russian
Sukhumi languageUsed Russian language
this entity surface form: Russian
Digor dialect influencedBy Russian language
Sergey Lvovich Pushkin nativeLanguage Russian language
Sergey Lvovich Pushkin languageSpoken Russian language
Bzyb dialect usedAlongside Russian language
Mishar Tatar usedAlongside Russian language
Mishar Tatar influencedBy Russian language
Bira River hasLanguageRegion Russian language
Tolstoy languageOfFamily Russian language
Cup’ig dialect hasLoanwordsFrom Russian language
this entity surface form: Russian
Makhachkala officialLanguage Russian language
this entity surface form: Russian
Barentsburg officialLanguage Russian language
this entity surface form: Russian
Nganasan language shiftedTo Russian language
Nganasan language lexicalInfluenceFrom Russian language
Irkutsk, Russia languageOfficial Russian language
subject surface form: Irkutsk
this entity surface form: Russian
Tsarevna of Russia languageOfOrigin Russian language
Surzhyk contrastedWith Russian language
this entity surface form: Standard Russian
Chernyakhovsky usedIn Russian language
Dagestani peoples usesLinguaFranca Russian language
Gagarin family hasLanguage Russian language
Karakalpak hasLoanwordsFrom Russian language
Khwarshi language contactLanguage Russian language
Stroganov family nativeLanguage Russian language
Yaghnobi influencedBy Russian language
Kuban Cossack stanitsas languageUsed Russian language
Moldovans in Ukraine usesLanguage Russian language
Dolgan lexicalBorrowingFrom Russian language
Siberian Tatar language influencedBy Russian language
Karluk languages influencedBy Russian language
Karakalpak language influencedBy Russian language
Kumandin language hasLanguageShiftTo Russian language
Gruzinim languageInfluence Russian language
Bulganin usedIn Russian language
Bolokhovsky Uyezd hasLanguage Russian language
Post-Soviet states commonLanguageLegacy Russian language
Hill Mari influencedBy Russian language
Kabany languageUsed Russian language
Parliament of South Ossetia usesLanguage Russian language
Tsakhur language influencedBy Russian language
Northern Tat contactWith Russian language
Naryshkina familyNameLanguage Russian language
Terek Cossacks language Russian language
Mymrino hasLanguage Russian language
Podlachian dialect hasLanguageContact Russian language