List of countries and territories where Russian is an official language
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This is a list of countries and regions where Russian is an official language.
Countries
[change | change source]Official language
[change | change source]Name | Other official language(s) (at national level) | Native speakers (%) | Total speakers (%) |
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Belarusian | 70.2% | ||
English French |
1.0 | 6.6 | |
Kazakh | 21.2 | 84.8[b] | |
Kyrgyz | 8.9% | 49.6% | |
85.7 | |||
Tajik | 0.5% | 25.9% |
Recognised language
[change | change source]Many countries recognise Russian as a minority language under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
Country | Official language(s) | Native speakers (%) | Total speakers (%) |
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Armenian | 0.8% | 52.7% | |
Romanian[c] | 9.7% | ||
Polish | 0.1% | 18% | |
Romanian | 0.11% | ||
Slovak | |||
Ukrainian | 29.6% | 68% | |
Uzbek | 2.1% |
Regions and unrecognised countries
[change | change source]The partially-recognised republics of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria all list Russian as a co-official language in their constitutions. The regions of Crimea (Ukraine), Gagauzia (Moldova), Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester (Moldova) and eight communes of Romania also recognise Russian as a co-official language.
References
[change | change source]Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ In Canada, English is the sole official language at national level, while French and Russian (partly) are co-official languages of Canada
- ↑ According to the 2009 census, 94% of Kazakhs could understand verbal Russian and 74% understood verbal Kazakh. 84.8% of Kazakhs said that they were fluent in Russian, 62% were fluent in Kazakh and 7.7% were fluent in English.
- ↑ The Declaration of Independence refers to the Romanian language as "Romanian", but the Moldovan dialect is considered by some as a language in its own right.