Languages of Russia

The Abaza language (Абаза Бызшва/Abaza Byzšwa) is a language of the Caucasus mountains in the Russian autonomous republic of Karachay-Cherkessia by the Abazins. It consists of two dialects, the Ashkherewa dialect and the T'ap'anta dialect, which is the literary standard. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abaza language"

Adyghe (адыгэбзэ adygebze, adəgăbză) is one of the two official languages of the Federal Republic of Adygea in the Russian Federation, the other being Russian. It is spoken by the various tribes of the Adyghe nation: Shapsugh, Bzedugh, Abzekh, Kemirgoy, Hakuchi, and some others. The language referred to by its speakers as Adygebze or Adəgăbză, and alternatively spelled in English as Adygean, Adygeyan or Adygei. It is also known as Circassian. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adyghe language"

The Ainu language (Ainu: アイヌイタク, aynu itak; Japanese: アイヌ語, ainu-go) is spoken by the Ainu ethnic group on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. It was once spoken in the Kurile Islands, the northern part of Honshu, and the southern half of Sakhalin. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ainu language"

Akkala Sami is a Sami language that was spoken on the Kola Peninsula in Russia. One speaker was known to be alive still in 2002, but the language is now probably extinct. ...more on Wikipedia about "Akkala Sami"

Aleut is a language of the Eskimo-Aleut language phylum. It is the tongue of the Aleut people living in the Aleutian, Pribilof, and Commander Islands. In 1995 there were 305 speakers of Aleut. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aleut language"

Altay is a language of the Turkic group of languages. It is an official language of Altai Republic, Russia. The language was called Oyrot prior to 1948. There were ca. 52,000 people speaking this language in 1989. Two dialects of the Altay language are northern (with the Tuba, Kumandy, and Chalkan varieties named after the main tribes) and southern (with the Altai proper and Telengit varieties). ...more on Wikipedia about "Altay language"

Alutor is a language of Russia that belongs to the Chukchi-Koryak group of the Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alutor language" Please tell your friends about shortopedia

The modern Avar language (self-designation магӀарул мацӀ [ma'arul mats] "language of the mountains" or Авар МацӀ "Avar language" ) belongs to the Avar-Andi-Tsez subgroup of the Alarodian Northeast-Caucasian (or Nakh-Dagestani) language family. ...more on Wikipedia about "Avar language"

The Azerbaijani language, also called Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, or Azerbaijani Turkish, is the official language of Republic of Azerbaijan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Azerbaijani language"

The Buryat language is a Mongolic language spoken by the Buryats. ...more on Wikipedia about "Buryat language"

The Chechen language has about 1,200,000 speakers, most of whom live in Russia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chechen language"

Chukchi (also Luoravetlan, Chukot, Chukcha) is a Palaeosiberian language spoken by circa 10,400 people ( 2001) ( Chukchi) in the easternmost extremity of Siberia, mainly in the region called Chukotka. It is closely related to Koryak, which is spoken by about half that number. The language together with Koryak, Kerek, Alutor and Itelmen forms the Chukotko-Kamchatkan language family. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chukchi language"

The Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages, sometimes called the Luorawetlan languages, are a language family of northeastern Siberia. The Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages are sometimes grouped with other unrelated language families as the Paleosiberian languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages"

Chulyum also known as Chulym-Turkic, Chulym Tatar (not at all related to the Tatar language), or Küerik is the language of the Chulyms. This name originated from a now extinct tribe. Chulyum is an endangered language since its estimated only 100 fully fluent speakers. The speakers are located in Russia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chulym language"

Chuvash language [CHOO-vahsh] (Чӑваш чӗлхи, also known as Chuwash, Chovash, Chavash or Çuaş) is a Turkic language spoken west of the Urals in central Russia. It is the most divergent of all the Turkic languages. Chuvash is the native language of the Chuvash people and an official language of Chuvashia. It is spoken by about two million people. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chuvash language"

Crimean Tatar or Crimean Turkish (in its own script: Qırımtatar tili, Qırımtatarca; alternative notations:Qırım tili, Qırımca and Qırım Türkçesi) is the language of the Crimean Tatars. Spoken in Crimea, the former Soviet Union, and the Crimean Tatar diaspora: Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crimean Tatar language"

Digorian is a dialect of the Ossetian language. ...more on Wikipedia about "Digor (idiom)"

The Dolgan Language, is a Turkic language with around 5,000 speakers that is spoken in the Taymyr Peninsula in the Russian Federation. Its speakers are known as the Dolgans. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dolgan language"

The Dungan language (autonym: Хуэйзў йүян [Huėyzŭ yüyan]; 东干语 [東干語] in Chinese) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the 50,000 Dungan or ( Hui) of Central Asia. It is spoken primarily in Kyrgyzstan, with speakers in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Russia as well. This ethnic group may be the descendants of prisoners of war brought to China in the 14th century, who migrated west from China into Central Asia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dungan language"

Enets is a Samoyedic language spoken by the Enets people along the lower Yenisei River in Taymyria in northern Russia. There are two distinct dialects - Forest Enets and Tundra Enets - which may be considered separate languages. There are only about 70 speakers in total, with slightly more speaking Forest Enets. Most speakers are middle-aged or older, and all speak Russian as a second language. It is closely related to Nenets, which it was formerly regarded as a dialect of, and to Nganasan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Enets language"

Erzyan (Эрзянь Кель (Erzjanj Kelj)) is spoken in the northern and eastern and north-western parts of the Republic of Mordovia and adjacent Nizhniy Novgorod, Chuvashia, Penza, Samara, Saratov, Orenburg, Ulyanovsk, Tatarstan and Bashkortostan in Russia. It is spoken by about 500,000 people. A diaspora can also be found in Kazakstan, Armenia, the Central-Asian republics and Estonia. Erzya is currently written using the Cyrillic alphabet with no modifications to the variant used by the Russian language. In Mordovia, Erzyan is co-official with Moksha and Russian. ...more on Wikipedia about "Erzya language"

The Evenk language (Evenki language) ( SIL: EVN, ...more on Wikipedia about "Evenk language"

Finnish ( ) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92%) and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is also an official language in Finland and an official minority language in Sweden in the form of standard Finnish as well as Meänkieli. ...more on Wikipedia about "Finnish language"

Georgian (ქართული ენა, kartuli ena) is the official language of Georgia, a republic in the Caucasus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Georgian language"

Godoberi (also Ghodoberi) is an Andi language of the Dagestan family spoken in southern Dagestan, Russia by approximately 3000 people. ...more on Wikipedia about "Godoberi language"

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