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Russian lost its status as the official lingua franca of Turkmenistan in 1996. [32] According to estimates from Demoskop Weekly, in 2004 there were 150,000 native speakers of Russian in the country and 100,000 active speakers. [33] Russian is spoken by 12% of the population, according to an undated estimate from the World Factbook. [35]
Russian is used routinely in business, government, and inter-ethnic communication, although Kazakh is slowly replacing it. [1] Russian is the most spoken language. According to the 2009 census, 94% of people in Kazakhstan understood verbal Russian and 74% understood verbal Kazakh.
Papua New Guinea has the largest number of languages in the world. [2] [3] Number of living languages and speakers ... Russia: 115 44 159 2.24 138,698,335
It is the most-spoken native language in Europe, [87] the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, [88] as well as the world's most widely spoken Slavic language. [88] Russian is the third-most used language on the Internet after English and Spanish, [89] and is one of two official languages aboard the International Space Station ...
Karelia – Russian is official, but Karelian is spoken by the ethnic Karelian minority. North Ossetia–Alania – Russian and Ossetian are co-official [228] Udmurtia – Russian and Udmurt are co-official [229] Chechnya – Russian and Chechen are co-official [230] Chuvashia – Russian and Chuvash are co-official [231]
[54] [90] Russian is spoken by 14.2% of the population according to an undated estimate from the World Factbook. [57] In 2005, Russian was the most widely taught foreign language in Mongolia, [91] and was compulsory in Year 7 onward as a second foreign language in 2006. [92] Around 1.5 million Israelis spoke Russian as of 2017. [93]
Russian language in Belarus (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Geographical distribution of the Russian language" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Pages in category "Countries and territories where Russian is an official language" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .