| Also Known As: Russian language,Eluosi,Olossu,Russki,Russ,Russit,Russian
Description:
Russian (русский язык, transliteration: russkiy yazyk, Russian pronunciation: [ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe. Russian belongs to the family of Indo-European languages and is one of three (or, according to some scholars, four) living members of the East Slavic languages, the others being Belarusian and Ukrainian (and possibly Rusyn, often considered a dialect of Ukrainian).
Written examples of Old East Slavonic are attested from the 10th century onwards. Today Russian is widely used outside Russia. Over a quarter of the world's scientific literature is published in Russian. Russian is also a necessary accessory of world communications systems (broadcasts, air- and space communication, etc). Due to the status of the Soviet Union as a superpower, Russian had great political importance in the 20th century. Hence, the language is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.
Russian distinguishes between consonant phonemes with palatal secondary articulation and those without, the so-called soft and hard sounds. This distinction is found..... full article at Wikipedia |
Location of Russian Language Speakers
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43.350300, 79.080400, Kazakhstan
53.327484, 27.401442, Belarus
41.758395, 74.252609, Kyrgyzstan
42.190170, 43.278148, Georgia
54.827049, 55.042319, Russia
47.633333, 28.150000, Moldova
49.214448, 30.293671, Ukraine
53.000000, 9.000000, Europe</googlemap>
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