Languages of Russia

There are many languages spoken in Russia. Russian, an East Slavic language is the national official language and the most common.

Regional official languages

Although Russian is the only official language of the Russian Federation, there are several other officially-recognized languages for areas within Russia. This is a list of languages that are official only in certain parts of Russia.

Language	Language family	Federal subject(s)	Source
Abaza	Northwest Caucasian	Karachay-Cherkessia
Adyghe	Northwest Caucasian	Adygea
Altai	Turkic	Altai Republic
Bashkir	Turkic	Bashkortostan
Buryat	Mongolic	Buryatia
Chechen	Northeast Caucasian	Chechnya,  Dagestan
Chuvash	Turkic	Chuvashia
Crimean Tatar	Turkic	Republic of Crimea
Erzya	Uralic	Mordovia
Ingush	Northeast Caucasian	Ingushetia
Kabardian	Northwest Caucasian	Kabardino-Balkaria,  Karachay-Cherkessia
Kalmyk	Mongolic	Kalmykia
Karachay-Balkar	Turkic	Kabardino-Balkaria,  Karachay-Cherkessia
Khakas	Turkic	Khakassia
Komi-Zyrian	Uralic	Komi Republic
Hill Mari, Meadow Mari	Uralic	Mari El
Moksha	Uralic	Mordovia
Nogai	Turkic	Karachay-Cherkessia,  Dagestan
Ossetian	Indo-European (Iranian)	North Ossetia–Alania
Tatar	Turkic	Tatarstan
Tuvan	Turkic	Tuva
Udmurt	Uralic	Udmurtia
Ukrainian	Indo-European (Slavic)	Republic of Crimea
Yakut	Turkic	Sakha Republic

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