List of languages 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.

Official language

 * Russian (138,312,001 speakers)

Languages with 1,000,000 or more speakers

 * English (7,574,302)
 * Tatar (5,200,000)
 * German (2,069,949)
 * Chuvash (1,640,000)
 * Bashkir (1,450,000)
 * Chechen (1,340,000)
 * Ukrainian (1,300,000)

Languages with 100,000 or more speakers

 * Armenian
 * Avar (784,000)
 * Azerbaijani (669,000)
 * Mordovian languages (614,000)
 * Moksha
 * Erzya
 * Kabardian (587,000)
 * Dargwa (503,000)
 * Ossetic (493,000)
 * Udmurt (463,000)
 * Yakut (450.000)
 * Kumyk (458,000)
 * Eastern Mari (451,000)
 * Ingush (405,000)
 * Lezgian (397,000)
 * Belarusian (316,000)
 * Karachay-Balkar (302,000)
 * Georgian (286,000)
 * Komi-Zyrian (217,000)
 * Turkish (161,000)
 * Kalmyk (153,000)
 * Lak (153,000)
 * Romanian (147,000)
 * Adyghe (129,000)
 * Tabassaran (128,000)

Languages with 10,000 or more speakers

 * Komi-Permyak (94,000)
 * Polish (94,000)
 * Nogai (90,000)
 * Karelian (52,000)
 * Finnish (51,000)
 * Lithuanian (49,000)
 * Abaza (38,000)
 * Western Mari (36,000)
 * Latvian (34,000)
 * Kurmanji (30,000)
 * Yiddish (30,000)
 * Rutul (29,000)
 * Aghul (29,000)
 * Estonian (26,000)
 * Andi (23,000)
 * Baltic Romany (20,000)
 * Tsez (15,000)
 * Bezhta (10,000)
 * Vlax Romany (10,000)
 * Livvi

Languages with 1,000 or more speakers

 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (7,700)
 * Khwarshi (3,000)
 * Serbian
 * Veps
 * Tindi
 * Karata
 * Ludian
 * Hunzib
 * Bagvalal
 * Botlikh
 * Tsakhur
 * Akhvakh
 * Ghodoberi
 * Archi
 * Chamalal
 * Judeo-Tat

Languages with fewer than 1,000 speakers

 * Sami languages
 * Akkala Sami
 * Kildin Sami
 * Skolt Sami
 * Ter Sami
 * Vod
 * Ingrian
 * Hinukh
 * Kurdish

Languages with 100,000 or more speakers

 * Kazakh (563,000)
 * Yakut (456,000)
 * Buryat (368,000)
 * Tuvin (242,000)
 * Uzbek (238,000)
 * Tajiki (131,000)

Languages with 10,000 or more speakers

 * Altay (65,000)
 * Khakas (52,000)
 * Kyrgyz (46,000)
 * Nenets (31,000)
 * Evenki (13,800)
 * Khanty (13,000)
 * Shor (around 10,000)

Languages with 1,000 or more speakers

 * Even (5,656)
 * Mansi (2,746)
 * Dolgan (1,054)
 * Selkup (1,023)

Languages with fewer than 1,000 speakers

 * Yupik languages
 * Naukan (Naukanski)
 * Sirenik
 * Central Siberian Yupik (Yuit)
 * Yukaghir languages
 * Northern Yukaghir
 * Southern Yukaghir
 * Ket
 * Ainu
 * Orok
 * Udege
 * Kerek
 * Aleut (including Mednyy)
 * Enets
 * Alutor
 * Negidal
 * Tofalar (Karagas)
 * Itelmen
 * Yugh
 * Nganasan
 * Oroch
 * Chulym
 * Ulch
 * Nivkh
 * Nanai

Other

 * Korean (60,000)
 * Koryo-mar
 * Mandarin Chinese (59,000)
 * Turkmen (38,000)
 * Czech
 * Domari
 * Lomavren
 * Pontic Greek
 * Bohtan Neo-Aramaic
 * Tat language
 * Russian sign language

Language families
A total of 14 language families are native to Russia:


 * Ainu
 * Chukotko-Kamchatkan
 * Eskimo–Aleut
 * Indo-European
 * Koreanic
 * Mongolic
 * Nivkh
 * Northeast Caucasian
 * Northwest Caucasian
 * Tungusic
 * Turkic
 * Uralic
 * Yeniseian
 * Yukaghir