A report on Russian language
East Slavic language mainly spoken across Russia.
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Ukrainian language
20 linksEast Slavic language of the Indo-European language family.
East Slavic language of the Indo-European language family.
![King's seal of Yuri I of Halych (reign: 1301–1308) "S[igillum] Domini Georgi Regis Rusie" (left), "S[igillum] Domini Georgi Ducis Ladimerie" (right).](https://hyperleap.com/images/2451d4fb018857645abab51b784c57ad/200-11c80f7812fb48f2a09d7be8dd47f5f6.png)
Comparisons are often drawn to Russian, a prominent Slavic language, but there is more mutual intelligibility with Belarusian, Ukrainian's closest relative.
Cyrillic script
13 linksWriting system used for various languages across Eurasia and is used as the national script in various Slavic, Turkic, Mongolic, Uralic, Caucasian and Iranic-speaking countries in Southeastern Europe, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, North Asia, and East Asia.
Writing system used for various languages across Eurasia and is used as the national script in various Slavic, Turkic, Mongolic, Uralic, Caucasian and Iranic-speaking countries in Southeastern Europe, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, North Asia, and East Asia.
Slavic languages: Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbo-Croatian (Standard Serbian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin), Ukrainian
Slavic languages
8 linksThe Slavic languages, also known as the Slavonic languages, are Indo-European languages spoken primarily by the Slavic peoples and their descendants.
The Slavic languages, also known as the Slavonic languages, are Indo-European languages spoken primarily by the Slavic peoples and their descendants.
Of these, 10 have at least one million speakers and official status as the national languages of the countries in which they are predominantly spoken: Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian (of the East group), Polish, Czech and Slovak (of the West group) and Bulgarian and Macedonian (eastern dialects of the South group), and Serbo-Croatian and Slovene (western dialects of the South group).
Russians
7 linksEast Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe, who share a common Russian ancestry, culture, and history.
East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe, who share a common Russian ancestry, culture, and history.
Russian, the most spoken Slavic language, is the shared mother tongue of the Russians; and Orthodox Christianity is their historical religion since the 11th century.
Belarusian language
8 linksEast Slavic language.
East Slavic language.
Before Belarus gained independence in 1991, the language was only known in English as Byelorussian or Belorussian, the compound term retaining the English-language name for the Russian language in its second part, or alternatively as White Russian.
East Slavic languages
8 linksThe East Slavic languages constitute one of the three regional subgroups of Slavic languages.
The East Slavic languages constitute one of the three regional subgroups of Slavic languages.
The common consensus is that the existing East Slavic languages are Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian, Rusyn is mostly considered as a separate language but some classify it as a dialect of Ukrainian.
Uzbekistan
10 linksDoubly landlocked country located in Central Asia.
Doubly landlocked country located in Central Asia.
The Uzbek language is the majority-spoken language in Uzbekistan; other languages include the Russian language and the Tajik language.
Indo-European languages
7 linksThe Indo-European languages are a language family native to the overwhelming majority of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and the northern Indian subcontinent.
The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the overwhelming majority of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and the northern Indian subcontinent.
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Some European languages of this family, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Dutch, and Spanish, have expanded through colonialism in the modern period and are now spoken across several continents.
Lingua franca
6 linksLanguage or dialect systematically used to make communication possible between groups of people who do not share a native language or dialect, particularly when it is a third language that is distinct from both of the speakers' native languages.
Language or dialect systematically used to make communication possible between groups of people who do not share a native language or dialect, particularly when it is a third language that is distinct from both of the speakers' native languages.
Likewise, Arabic, French, Mandarin Chinese, and Russian serve similar purposes as industrial and educational lingua francas across regional and national boundaries.
Old East Slavic
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Old East Slavic (traditionally also Old Russian; старажытнаруская мова; древнерусский язык; давньоруська мова) was a language used during the 10th–15th centuries by East Slavs in Kievan Rus' and its successor states, from which the Belarusian, Russian, Rusyn, and Ukrainian languages later evolved.