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Aug 1, 2017 · Foreign Languages Spoken in Russia. Russia is home to thousands of expatriates who might have verbal and written knowledge of the nation’s national language, but also use their native languages while communicating. The most dominant foreign languages in Russia include English, German, French, Turkish, and Ukrainian.
Of all the languages of Russia, Russian, the most widely spoken language, is the only official language at the national level.There are 35 other official languages, which are used in different regions of Russia.
This is a list of languages used in Russia. Russian is the only official language at the national level and there are other 35 official languages , which are used in different regions of Russia. [1]
- Tatar. More than 4.2 million Russians speak Tatar, which is the official language of the Republic of Tatarstan. It is also quite widespread in neighboring Bashkortostan, Mari El, Udmurtia and even Ural Region.
- Chechen. More than 1.3 million Russians speak Chechen. The greatest number of them, of course, come from the Chechen Republic; however, the language can also be heard in neighboring Ingushetia and some regions of Dagestan, where it also enjoys official status.
- Bashkir. The Republic of Bashkortostan has some 1.5 million inhabitants, all speaking its official language. Meanwhile, a third of them aren’t even Bashkir - they’re often Tatars, Russians, Chuvash and Mari.
- Ukrainian. The language of neighboring Ukraine is spoken by a total of 1.8 million people, making it the fourth most spoken language in Russia. Speakers live across Russia’s many regions - surprisingly many in the North, in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Region, the Yamal and Komi, as well as the Crimean peninsula in the south and western regions bordering Ukraine.
English was named most often after Russian by 7.5 million or 5.48% of the people polled. After all, it’s taught in schools almost everywhere – and the biggest minority languages, such as Tatar ...
There are over 100 minority languages spoken in Russia today, the most popular of which is Tatar (Tartar), spoken by more than 3% of the country's population. Other minority languages include ...
Regional official languages. Although Russian is the only official language of the Russian Federation, there are several other officially-recognized languages for areas within Russia. This is a list of languages that are official only in certain parts of Russia. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Crimea joined the Russian Federation in 2014 by a vote.
