Chuvash
A language of Russian Federation (Europe)
| Population | 1,640,000 in Russian Federation (2002 census). Population total all countries: 1,674,420. |
| Region | Chuvashia, east of Moscow, near Volga River. About half live in towns (1995). Also in Estonia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan. |
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European Russia |
| Alternate names | Bulgar |
| Dialects | Anatri, Viryal. The only extant language in the Bolgar branch of Turkic. |
| Classification | Altaic, Turkic, Bolgar |
| Language use | 200,000 L2 speakers. Most also use Russian. |
| Language development | Newspapers. Radio programs. TV. NT: 1904–1911. |
| Writing system | Cyrillic script. |
| Comments | Agriculturalists. Christian, traditional religion. |
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