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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	compare Indo-European World Languages
Subgroup		Balto-slavic
3 Letter Code		Rus

Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)		170 (101.11 higher than average)	vs	68.89	Compare similar Number of Native speakers (170)
Native Speakers as % of World		4 (2.48 higher than average)	vs	1.52	Compare similar Native Speakers as % of World (4)
Total Number of Speakers (millions)		250 (136.17 higher than average)	vs	113.83	Compare similar Total Number of Speakers (250)
Total Speakers as % of World		3.3 (1.78 higher than average)	vs	1.52	Compare similar Total Speakers as % of World (3.3)

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	Compare similar No. of Countries Spoken In (22)

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