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Russian

The language of Russia (and spoken much of the former Soviet Union).

Russian can stress any syllable in a word to change its meaning and is distinctive in sound.

Station identification: "Govorit Mocba", pronounced Govoree't Moskva

 

Name Where spoken Language Family How many (000s)
 Russian CIS Indo-European (Balto-Slavic) 130-150m

Table source: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language, David Ctystal, Cambridge University Press

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