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Nations, as well as the fourth most widely used language on the Internet. Russian is written using the Russian alphabet of the Cyrillic script; it distinguishes

Philosophy of language refers to the philosophical study of the nature of language. It investigates the relationship between language, language users, and

of Russia is being considered for merging. › Of all the languages of Russia, Russian, the most widely spoken language, is the only official language at

The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment, abbreviated in English as CEFR, CEF, or CEFRL, is a guideline

Mat (Russian: мат; матерщи́на / ма́терный язы́к, matershchina / materny yazyk) is the term for vulgar, obscene, or profane language in Russian and some

Vinogradov Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian: Институт русского языка имени В. В. Виноградова РАН) is the language regulator

geographical distribution of Russian speakers. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the status of the Russian language often became a matter of

history of the Russian language is sometimes divided into the following periods: Old Russian or Old East Slavic (until ~1400) Middle Russian (~1400 until

of Russian and other languages of national minorities. In 2017 a new Law on Education was passed which restricted the use of Russian as a language of

East Slavic language. It is one of the two official languages in Belarus, the other being Russian. It is also spoken in parts of Russia, Lithuania, Latvia