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2006-10-07 06:54:31 · 4 answers · asked by *Rawr* 2 in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Russia
The Russian language is the only official state language, but the individual republics have often made their native language co-official next to Russian. In general, there are as many as 160 differrent ethnic groups(Tatar, Ukrainian, Bashkir, Chuvash, Chechen, Armenian, Assyrians, Avars, Azeris, Belarusians, Bulgarians, Buryats, Chinese, Cossacks, Estonians, Evenks, Finns, Georgians, Germans, Greeks, Ingushes, Inuit, Jews, Kalmyks, Karelians, Kazakhs, Koreans, Kyrgyz, Lithuanians, Latvians, Maris, Mongolians, Mordvins, Nenetses, Ossetians, Poles, Romanians, Tajiks, Tuvans, Turkmen, Udmurts, Uzbeks, Yakuts, and others), each of them having their own language.
2006-10-07 14:49:55 · answer #1 · answered by vsc 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a list of main languages in Russia and number of speakers (around year 2000):
Russian Over 126 million
Tatar Around 5 million
Ukrainian Around 2 million
Chuvash Around 1.5 million
Less than 1 million but over half a million:
Bashkir
Chechen
Mordvin
Kazak
Avar
Mari
Udmurt
Less than half a million, but over quarter a million:
Belarussian
Kabardian
Ossetian
Armenian
Buryat
Yakut
German
Dargin
Azerbaijani
Kumyk
Less than quarter a million:
Komi-Zyryan
Lezgi
Ingush
Tuvan
Kalmyk
Karachay
Romany
Adyghian
Romanian
Komi-Permyak
Lak
Uzbek
Georgian
Tabasaran
Other languages account for about 1.5 million people.
2006-10-07 14:15:00 · answer #2 · answered by imdashti 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think 157 languages are spoken in the Russian Federation.
2006-10-07 21:22:25 · answer #3 · answered by Spartan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure but I heard somewhere around 197 different languages.
2006-10-10 18:10:14 · answer #4 · answered by Svetlana G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋