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| − | '''Russian''' ('''''русский язык''''' /'ruski jɪ'zɨk/) is the most widely spoken of the [[Wikipedia:Slavic languages]]. | + | '''Russian''' ('''''русский язык''''' /'ruski jɪ'zɨk/) is the most widely spoken of the [[Wikipedia:Slavic languages|Slavic languages]]. |
Russian belongs to the group of [[Wikipedia:Indo-European languages|Indo-European languages]], and is therefore related to [[Wikipedia:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]], [[Wikipedia:Greek|Greek]], and [[Wikipedia:Latin|Latin]], as well as the modern [[German|Germanic]], [Wikipedia:[Romance languages|Romance]], and [[Wikipedia:Celtic languages|Celtic]] languages, including [[English]], [[French]], and [[Wikipedia:Irish language|Irish]]. Written examples are extant from the 10th century onwards. | Russian belongs to the group of [[Wikipedia:Indo-European languages|Indo-European languages]], and is therefore related to [[Wikipedia:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]], [[Wikipedia:Greek|Greek]], and [[Wikipedia:Latin|Latin]], as well as the modern [[German|Germanic]], [Wikipedia:[Romance languages|Romance]], and [[Wikipedia:Celtic languages|Celtic]] languages, including [[English]], [[French]], and [[Wikipedia:Irish language|Irish]]. Written examples are extant from the 10th century onwards. | ||
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Russian (русский язык /'ruski jɪ'zɨk/) is the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages.
Russian belongs to the group of Indo-European languages, and is therefore related to Sanskrit, Greek, and Latin, as well as the modern Germanic, [Wikipedia:[Romance languages|Romance]], and Celtic languages, including English, French, and Irish. Written examples are extant from the 10th century onwards.
While it preserves much of its ancient synthetic-inflexional structure and a Common Slavonic word base, modern Russian shares a large stock of the international vocabulary for politics, science, and technology. A language of political importance in the twentieth century, Russian is one of the official languages of the United Nations.
NOTE. Russian is written in a non-Latin script. All examples below are in the Cyrillic alphabet, with transcriptions in SAMPA (without regard to the reduction of unstressed vowels).
