Thursday, April 12, 2007

Russian languages


So what's the official language in Russia? Russian, of course. But there are regions in which other languages are officially recognized. These are:
  • in the Altai Republic: Altay
  • in the Buryat Republic: Buryat
  • in the Mari El Republic: Mari
  • in the Sakha Republic: Yakut
  • in the Tuva Republic: Tuvin
  • in the Udmurt Republic: Udmurt
  • in the Republic of Adygea: Adyghe
  • in the Republic of Bashkortosta: Bashkir
  • in the Republic of Ingushetia: Ingush
  • in the Republic of Kalmykia: Kalmyk
  • in the Republic of Khakassia: Khakas
  • in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania: Ossetic
  • in the Republic of Tatarstan: Tatar
  • in Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug: Buryat
  • in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug: Chukchi
  • in Evenk Autonomous Okrug: Evenk
  • in Koryak Autonomous Okrug: Koryak
  • in Nenets Autonomous Okrug: Nenets
  • in Taymyr Autonomous Okrug: Dolgan
  • in Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug: Buryat
  • in Jewish Autonomous Oblast: Yiddish
Of course, there are more languages spoken in the Russian Federation. you can see here and here (or here). Bibliography about some of these languages (only 54 languages with speakers not exceeding 50,000) can be found here. Some of these languages are endangered. See the list.

1 comment:

sabra said...

hola Javier, como no entiendo ruso ni ningun dialéctico y veo que hablas varios idiomas te puedo preguntar qué quiere decir esto :Otlichno. Tolko chto slushala.
Sapsibo ogromnoe.
o tal vez me pudieras decir en qué dialecto ruso está escrito para buscarme un traductor automático , si es que existe,
Te agradezco desde ya y te dejo un saludo y nada mas decirte que me gustó tu blog
hasta pronto , Sabra