Russian
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A language of Russian Federation
ISO 639-3
Autonym
русский язык (russkij jazyk)
Population
138,000,000 in Russian Federation (Arefyev 2012), all users. L1 users: 119,000,000 (Arefyev 2012). Total users in all countries: 265,026,130 (as L1: 153,919,510; as L2: 110,440,620).
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Language Status
1 (National). Statutory national language (1993, Constitution, Article 68(1)).
Classification
Dialects
North Russian, South Russian.
Typology
SVO; prepositions; genitives after noun heads; adjectives, numerals before noun heads; question word initial; 1 prefix on a word; recursive addition of suffixes allowed; gender (masculine/feminine/neuter); no articles; case-marking (6 cases); verb affixes mark person, number; passives; tense and aspect; comparatives; 32 consonants, 5 vowels, 4 diphthongs; non-tonal; free stress.
Language Development
Fully developed. Bible: 1680–2011.
Language Resources
Christian.