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Languages of Russia

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Languages, writing systems and language context

Россия
COUNTRY LANGUAGE PROFILE
русский
Russian
Text direction: LTR

Russian is the state language throughout the Russian Federation. Republics may establish their own state languages for use alongside Russian within their institutions.

1
Core language shown
Country-level reference set
Russian
First listed core language
Not a speaker-share estimate
1
Writing system represented
Across the core language set
LTR
Primary text direction
Additional directions noted below

Language Overview

Russian

Read the Characters

Russian · 33 characters

Russian · 33 characters
А
a
Б
b
В
v
Г
g
Д
d
Е
e
Ё
io
Ж
zh
З
z
И
i
Й
i
К
k
Л
l
М
m
Н
n
О
o
П
p
Р
r
С
s
Т
t
У
u
Ф
f
Х
kh
Ц
ts
Ч
ch
Ш
sh
Щ
shch
Ъ
Ъ
Ы
y
Ь
Ь
Э
e
Ю
iu
Я
ia

How to Read the Language Landscape

PolicyLegal and administrative language status may differ between national and subnational government.
Everyday useA language can be socially dominant without being the only language used at home, school, work or in media.
Community diversityIndigenous, minority, migrant and sign languages can remain important even when they are not part of a short national headline list.

Frequently Asked Questions

What languages are used in Russia?

Russian is the state language throughout the Russian Federation. Republics may establish their own state languages for use alongside Russian within their institutions.

What writing systems are used in Russia?

The represented writing system is Cyrillic and the primary direction shown is left to right.

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Sources & methodology

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Official Internet Portal of Legal Information: Constitution of the Russian Federation

Official legal source. Article 68 establishes Russian as the state language throughout the Russian Federation and allows republics to establish additional state languages.

Unicode CLDR: Country/Region Names

Localized country display-name reference. CLDR names are customary UI/display names, not claims about a state’s full constitutional long-form name.

Unicode: Supported Scripts

Reference for the writing-system/script families represented in the character component.

Unicode: Writing Direction and Bidirectional Text

Reference for left-to-right and right-to-left script direction and bidirectional text behavior.

Unicode Character Database: NamesList

Reference for Unicode character names used as small readout labels under selected character samples; these labels are not presented as a complete transliteration standard.