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.

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Negidal language lexicalBorrowingFrom Russian language
Novgorod Oblast Duma languageOfWork Russian language
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Khanty language influencedBy Russian language
Krakolye dialect influencedBy Russian language
Nenets language influencedBy Russian language
Nenets language hasLoanwordsFrom Russian language
Lithuanian National Revival usedLanguage Russian language
Guilaki hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Russian language
Meadow Mari language coOfficialWith Russian language
Hill Mari language usedAlongside Russian language
dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church hasLanguage Russian language
subject surface form: Dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church
Luzhitsy languageShiftTo Russian language
Pinega River languageRegion Russian language
Dargwa language usedAlongside Russian language
Hinukh language primaryContactLanguage Russian language
Hinukh language usedAsSecondLanguage Russian language
Hinukh language languageShiftTo Russian language
Bezhta language isInfluencedBy Russian language
Godoberi language isUnderInfluenceOf Russian language
Dungan exonymFrom Russian language