rusTechnical information about ISO 639 language code rus
The table below provides technical details for the Russian language, designated by the rus code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Russian Native Русский |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Northern RussianCentral RussianSouthern Russian |
| Related languages | BelarusianUkrainianRusyn |
| Key facts | Written with a 33-letter Cyrillic alphabet that includes distinctive letters like Ё and ЫWord stress is phonemic and can shift between forms, causing strong vowel reduction in unstressed positionsVerbal aspect (perfective vs. imperfective) is a core grammatical category, often expressed by entirely different verb stemsModern Russian preserves six grammatical cases and remnants of a historical seventh (the locative)It has the largest number of native speakers among all Slavic tongues. |
| Sample phrase | Привет, как дела? |
| Character encodings | ISO 8859-5, Windows 1251, CP 866, MacCyrillic, KOI8-R, KOI8-RU, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32 |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Russian language, identified by the code rus, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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