1. Shelkovnikov Daniil
LANGUAGES IN
RUSSIA

2. Introduction
•Russia is a federative
republic and has
about 85 federal
subjects.
•About 60% of them
have their own native
language, each of
them is still in use
•We will discuss the
most popular ones

3. Sakha language
• Official language of Sakha
Republic
• 300000 native speakers
• A lot of TV shows and web
pages use it
Fact: Dictionary of Sakha
language is available in 12-
volume form. Each volume
has about 700 pictures in it.

4. Inguish language
•Used by 300 000 people
in both Ingushetia and
Chechnya
•Has official status in
Ingushetia republic

5. Udmurt language
•Has its roots in the year
2000 BC
•Official language of
Udmurt Republic
•There are about 340000
native speakers.
Say it: кыӵе у жпгу
мъёсыд? (How are you?)

6. Chuvash language
•Official language of
Chuvash Republic
•1.8 million people use it
as native language
•The most distinctive of
Turkic language family
Fact: there are at least
200 books that have
been translated from
other languages to
Chuvash.

7. Tatar language
•One of the most popular
Turkic languages
•About 5.4 million native
speakers
•Based on Old Turkic
language
Say it: räxmät! (thank
you!)

8. Conclusion
•We’ve shown you
the most popular
languages in Russia
•Now you know
there are more
languages than just
English and French
•Learn languages,
because it is fun