Russian is the largest native language in Europe and the most geographically widespread language in Eurasia.It is the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, with 144 million speakers in Russia,Ukraine and Belarus. Russian is the eighth most spoken language in the world by number of native speakers and the seventh by total number of speakers.The language is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.Russian is also the third most widespread language on the Internet after English and German.It is the official language of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, and a recognised regional language in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. Russian is also a significant minority language in the Baltic countries and Central Asia, and is still used as a lingua franca in the former Soviet countries.
Pronunciation[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Native to Russia, Ukraine, Belarus,Kazakhstan and other neighboring post-Soviet states Native speakers 150 million (2012),10 million (2012) Language family Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic
East Slavic Russian Early form Old East Slavic Writing system Cyrillic (Russian alphabet) Russian Braille. Russian belongs to the family of Indo-European languages, one of the four living members of the East Slavic languages, and part of the larger Balto-Slavic branch. Written examples of Old East Slavonic are attested from the 10th century onward.
The Russian language is the 8th largest in the world by number of speakers, after English, Mandarin, Hindi-Urdu, Spanish, Arabic and Portuges
Russian is written using a Cyrillic alphabet. The Russian alphabet consists of 33 letters. The following table gives their upper case forms, along with IPA values for each letter's typical sound:
The Russian Alphabet
Russian is written in the Cyrillic alphabet, whose origin dates from the 9th century. It was created by two Greek missionaries, the brothers Cyril and Methodius, who based it largely on the Greek. The Russian alphabet is not difficult to learn. A number of letters are written and pronounced roughly the same as in English.
While learning the Russian alphabet is not especially difficult, learning to speak Russian is. There are extremely long words and unusual stresses and spellings which would be incorrect in English. There are also 3 genders - masculine, feminine, and neutral.
In spite of these difficulties, an increasing number of students worldwide are learning Russian. Furthermore, if you’re going to live in Russia, learning the language is just about the most important thing you can do to get to know the country, its people and to avoid getting lost.
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Pronunciation[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Native to Russia, Ukraine, Belarus,Kazakhstan and other neighboring post-Soviet states Native speakers 150 million (2012),10 million (2012) Language family Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic
East Slavic Russian Early form Old East Slavic Writing system Cyrillic (Russian alphabet) Russian Braille. Russian belongs to the family of Indo-European languages, one of the four living members of the East Slavic languages, and part of the larger Balto-Slavic branch. Written examples of Old East Slavonic are attested from the 10th century onward.
The Russian language is the 8th largest in the world by number of speakers, after English, Mandarin, Hindi-Urdu, Spanish, Arabic and Portuges
Russian is written using a Cyrillic alphabet. The Russian alphabet consists of 33 letters. The following table gives their upper case forms, along with IPA values for each letter's typical sound:
Older letters of the Russian alphabet include ⟨ѣ⟩, which merged to ⟨е⟩ (/je/ or /ʲe/); ⟨і⟩ and ⟨ѵ⟩, which both merged to ⟨и⟩ (/i/); ⟨ѳ⟩, which merged to ⟨ф⟩ (/f/); ⟨ѫ⟩, which merged to ⟨у⟩ (/u/); ⟨ѭ⟩, which merged to ⟨ю⟩ (/ju/ or /ʲu/); and ⟨ѧ⟩ and ⟨ѩ⟩, which later were graphically reshaped into ⟨я⟩ and merged phonetically to /ja/ or /ʲa/. While these older letters have been abandoned at one time or another, they may be used in this and related articles.
The Russian Alphabet
Russian is written in the Cyrillic alphabet, whose origin dates from the 9th century. It was created by two Greek missionaries, the brothers Cyril and Methodius, who based it largely on the Greek. The Russian alphabet is not difficult to learn. A number of letters are written and pronounced roughly the same as in English.
While learning the Russian alphabet is not especially difficult, learning to speak Russian is. There are extremely long words and unusual stresses and spellings which would be incorrect in English. There are also 3 genders - masculine, feminine, and neutral.
In spite of these difficulties, an increasing number of students worldwide are learning Russian. Furthermore, if you’re going to live in Russia, learning the language is just about the most important thing you can do to get to know the country, its people and to avoid getting lost.
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V. Vaishnavi
1813721033045
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