ISO 639-3 · ruerue
Indo-European family
Rusyn
Русиньскый язык
Rusyn is a language of the East Slavic branch (Indo-European), spoken in Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary and 3 more countries. Wikidata counts about 610,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “East Slavic language spoken by Carpathian Rusyns, Lemkos, Boykos, and Hutsuls”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
rue- Glottocode
rusy1239- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 49.00, 22.00
- Wikipedia
- 94 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
7countries
2scripts
4levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Rusyn · Русиньскый язык |
|---|---|
| Also called | Rusin language, Rusnak language, Carpatho-Ruthene language, Carpatho-Ruthenian language, Rusyn language |
| All speakers | 610,000 |
| Written in | Rusyn alphabet, Cyrillic |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Rusyn
The branches above Rusyn, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Ukraine
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