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Language Family and Writing System
Writing System Cyrillic 
Script(s) Used (russkij Jazyk) 
Family Indo-european  vs 46.3% World Languages have Indo-European
Subgroup Balto-slavic 
3 Letter Code Rus 
Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)
170  (101.11 higher than average)
vs
68.89

Native Speakers as % of World
(2.48 higher than average)
vs
1.52

Total Number of Speakers (millions)
250  (136.17 higher than average)
vs
113.83

Total Speakers as % of World
3.3  (1.78 higher than average)
vs
1.52

Language Systems
Noun declensions Six Cases  vs 7.5% World Languages have Six cases
Sequence SVO   vs 43.9% World Languages have SVO
Tonal No  vs 80.6% World Languages don't have Tonal
Agglutinative language No  vs 85.1% World Languages don't have Agglutinative language
Geographic Distribution
Official language in Russia
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Abkhazia
South Ossetia
Transnistria 

Official Language of United Nations Yes  vs 10.4% World Languages have Official Language of United Nations
Countries Spoken In Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, Moldova, Ukraine, Romania, Norway, United States, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, China, Ukraine, Estonia, Georgia, Israel, Latvia, Mongolia 
No. of Countries Spoken In
22  (11.67 higher than average)
vs
10.33



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