List of languages of Russia explained

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]

Official language

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)^[2]

- 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)

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

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

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

A total of 14 language families are native to Russia:^[3]

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