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Asia > Russia > Language

RUSSIAN LANGUAGE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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English-speaking population > As an additional language 6,953,511 [14th of 59]
English-speaking population > First language 1,804 [42nd of 62]
English-speaking population > Total 6,955,315 [17th of 0]
John Doe > Informal names for unknown or unspecified persons in various countries/regions
Иванов Иван Иванович (Ivanov Ivan Ivanovich), Петров и Сидоров (Petrov and Sidorov), Вася Пупкин (Vasya Pupkin), имярек (old slavonic abbreviation of имя рекомое, that is "name to be spoken". Still usable; not a name, but a reference to a person, usually in context of filling in a form)
Languages
Russian, many minority languages
Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate 99.4 [31st of 174]
Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders > English yes
Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders > German yes
Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders > Portuguese no
Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders > Russian yes
Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders > Swedish no
Romani > Romani speaking Roma population > 2000 405,000 [2nd of 32]
Romani > Romani speaking Roma population from total Roma population > 2000 80 % [24th of 32]

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population ; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population; Wikipedia: John Doe ; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union ; Wikipedia: Linguistic capabilities of modern world leaders ; Wikipedia: Romani language

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Russia, Russian Federation, Rossiyskaya Federatsiya, Rossiya

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