Russian
E715820
Russian is an East Slavic language that serves as the official language of Russia and a major lingua franca across much of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Standard Russian | 1 |
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
East Slavic language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Belarusian
ⓘ
Ukrainian ⓘ |
| coOfficialLanguageOf |
Abkhazia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Ossetia NERFINISHED ⓘ Transnistria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlphabetSize | 33 letters ⓘ |
| hasAspectualVerbSystem | yes ⓘ |
| hasCaseSystem | yes ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalGender | yes ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ Turkic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicallyInfluencedBy | Old Church Slavonic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-1Code | ru ⓘ |
| ISO639-2Code | rus ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | rus ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Balto-Slavic ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European
|
| languageGroup | Slavic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSubgroup | East Slavic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguaFrancaIn |
Caucasus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfGenders | 3 ⓘ |
| numberOfGrammaticalCases | 6 ⓘ |
| numberOfNativeSpeakers | over 150 million ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | over 250 million ⓘ |
| officialLanguageOf |
Belarus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyrgyzstan NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialUNLanguage | yes ⓘ |
| oneOfMostSpokenLanguages | world ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedMinorityLanguageIn |
Armenia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ Estonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Latvia NERFINISHED ⓘ Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ Moldova NERFINISHED ⓘ Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkmenistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ Uzbekistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | Russian Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardVarietyBasedOn | Moscow dialect ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Balto-Slavic language
ⓘ
Slavic language ⓘ |
| UNOfficialLanguageOf | United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsMediumOfInstructionIn | many post-Soviet states ⓘ |
| usedIn | Soviet Union (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
literature
ⓘ
mass media ⓘ science ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| usesScriptVariant | Russian Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Cyrillic script ⓘ |
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Russian America
this entity surface form:
Standard Russian