languages of Russia

overview of the languages spoken in Russia

Key facts

Official: Russian
Semi official: Thirty-five languages
Minority: Dozens of languages of the Indo-European , Northeast Caucasian , Northwest Caucasian , Uralic , Turkic , Mongolic , Tungusic and Paleosiberian language families
Foreign: 13–20% have foreign language knowledge , English (71% out of all foreign language speakers or 15% of the population; 30% to some degree. German (16%) Ukrainian (9%) Azerbaijani , French & Turkish (3%) Others (20%)
Signed: Russian Sign Language
Keyboard layout: Russian keyboard

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Of all the languages of Russia, Russian, the most widely spoken language, is the only official language at the national level. There are 25 other official languages, which are used in different regions of Russia. These languages include; Ossetic, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Buryat, Kalmyk, Chechen, Ingush, Abaza, Adyghe, Tsakhur, Lezgian, Cherkess, Kabardian, Altai, Bashkir, Chuvash, Crimean Tatar, Karachay-Balkar, Khakas, Nogai, Tatar, Tuvan, Yakut, Erzya, Komi, Hill Mari, Meadow Mari, Karelian, Moksha, Veps, Ingrian, Ludian, and Udmurt. There are over 100 minority languages spoken in Russia today.

Official languages