Wikipedia:Wikipedia in languages of Russia

This is a list of Wikipedias written in languages of Russia.

It includes Wikipedias that meet at least one of the two conditions below:

Having official language status in one of Russia's regions;
Majority of speakers lives within Russian Federation.

Note: ^* marks Wikipedias in languages, majority of native speakers of which live outside of Russia.

Table

Language group	Language (links to the article sections)	Script	Code & self-name	Founded	Number of articles	Key figures
East Slavic languages	Russian	cyr	ru: Русский	2001-05-11^[1]	2,010,764	Bureaucrats
East Slavic languages	Ukrainian^*	cyr	uk: Українська	2004-01-26	1,353,876	Bureaucrats: Aced, Yakudza, MaryankoD, Deineka
Turkic languages
	Azerbaijani^*	lat	az: Azərbaycanca	2004-01	200,484	Bureaucrats: Sortilegus Administrators: 14
	Southern Altai	cyr	alt: Алтай тили	incubator	51	Active Users:
	Bashkir	cyr	ba: Башҡорт	2005-04-16	63,754	Administrators: Саган, Haqmar, Рустам Нурыев, Comp1089
	Dolgan	cyr	dlg: Долган тыла	incubator	4	Active Users:
	Kazakh^*	cyr	kk: Қазақша	2002-06-03	238,233	Bureaucrats: Qarakesek Administrators: 12
	Karachay-Balkar	cyr	krc: Къарачай-Малкъар	2010-03	2,202	Active Users: Iltever
	Crimean Tatar	lat	crh: Qırımtatar tili	2008-01	28,438	Active Users:
	Kumyk	cyr	kum: Къумукъ тил	incubator	23	Active Users:
	Nogai	cyr	nog: ногай	incubator	10	Active Users:
	Northern Altai	cyr	atv: куманды	incubator	29	Active Users:
	Siberian Tatar	cyr	sty: Сыбыр	incubator	62	Active Users: Астыған, Сыбыр, Тыуа, Цағуын, Цицәк
	Tatar	cyr/ lat	tt: Tatarça Татарча	2003-09-15	502,246	Bureaucrats: Derslek; Administrators: Marat Vildanov, Marat-avgust; Active Users:
	Tuvan	cyr	tyv: Тыва дыл	2013-08-11	3,526	Active Users: Agilight, Yanasaki, Ариадна, Айраана
	Khakas	cyr	kjh: Хакас	incubator	54	Active Users: Ayas7
	Chuvash	cyr	cv: Чăваш чӗлхи	2004-11	56,827	Active Users: PCode, Viktor
	Chulym	cyr	clw: Ӧс тили	incubator	1	Active Users:
	Shor	cyr	cjs: шор	incubator	16	Active Users:
	Sakha (Yakut)	cyr	sah: Саха	2008-05	17,176	Active Users: HalanTul, Egerman
Mongolic languages	Buryat	cyr	bxr: Буряад		2,833	Active Users: Губин Михаил, Jargal, Aldar Badmaev
Mongolic languages	Kalmyk	cyr	xal: Хальмг	2006-03	1,679	Active Users: Huuchin, Calmouk, Lardos96, Yaroslav Blanter
Tungusic languages	Nanai	cyr	gld: нани	incubator	1	Active Users:
	Evenki	cyr (lat in China)	evn: Эвенкыл	incubator	18	Active Users:
	Eve	cyr	eve: Эвен	incubator	2	Active Users:
Indo-European languages	Judeo-Tat	cyr	jdt: Джуури	incubator	25	Active Users:
	Yiddish^*	Yiddish	yi: ייִדיש	?	15,486	Bureaucrats: Administrators: לערי ריינהארט, פוילישער, רוני Active Users: Alefbeis, נייגעריגער, ציגרעטל
	Ossetian	cyr	os: Иронау	2005-03	19,432	Active Users: Amikeco, Dziglo, Taamu, Цæра
	Tat	lat	ttt: Тат	incubator	55	Active Users:
Northeast Caucasian languages	Avar	cyr	av: Авар	2005-04	3,577	Active Users: Аль-Гимравий, Gazimagomedov
	Aghul	cyr	agx: Агъул чIал	incubator	9	Active Users:
	Dargin	cyr	dar: Даргин	incubator	2	Active Users:
	Ingush	cyr	inh: ГІалгІай	incubator	500	Active Users: Sapral Mikail
	Lak	cyr	lbe: Лакку	2006-10	1,280	Active Users: Yaroslav Blanter
	Lezgian	cyr	lez: Лезги чӀал	2012-03-27	4,424	Active Users: Migraghvi, Aslan4ik, User from Dag, Soul Train (Admins), Saint Johann
	Rutul	cyr	rut: МыхIабишды чIел	incubator	4	Active Users:
	Tabasaran	cyr	tab: Табасаран	incubator	5	Active Users:
	Tindi	cyr	tin: Идараб мицци	incubator	3	Active Users:
	Udi	cyr	udi: Удин муз	incubator	3	Active Users:
	Tsakhur	cyr	tkr: ЦIаьхна миз	incubator	3	Active Users:
	Chechen	cyr	ce: Нохчийн	2005-03	601,406	Active Users: Дагиров Умар
Northwest Caucasian languages	Abaza	cyr	abq: Абаза бызшва	incubator	4	Active Users:
	Adyghe	cyr	ady: Адыгабзэ	incubator	241	Active Users: Highlander45, NewNapoleon
	Kabardino-Cherkess	cyr	kbd: Адыгэбзэ/ Къэбэрдей-шэрджэсыбзэ	?	1,645	Active Users: Богупс, Master Shadow, NewNapoleon
Finno-Ugric languages	Veps	lat	vep: Vepsän	2011-11-17	6,985	Active Users: Игорь Бродский, Tamara Ustinova, Sebranik, Максим
	Votic	lat	vot: Vaďďa ceeli, maaceeli	incubator	23	Active Users:
	Hill Mari	cyr	mrj: Кырыкмары	2010-10-17	10,431	Active Users: Tsikma
	Ingrian	lat	izh: Ižoran	incubator	81	Active Users:
	Karelian	lat	krl: Karjala	incubator	297	Active Users: Red October, Flrn
	Kildin Sami	cyr	sjd: сāмь кӣлл (sām' kīll)	incubator	59	Active Users: Michael.riessler
	Komi-Zyrian	cyr	kv: Коми	2005-02	5,543	Active Users: Jugydmort, Микол Ӧльӧш
	Komi-Permyak	cyr	koi: Перем Коми	2010-10-19	3,468	Active Users: Enye Lav
	Livonian	lat	liv: Līvõ kēļ	incubator	745	Active Users: Warbola, Nuclear Star, Ohpuu
	Livvi-Karelian	lat	olo: Livvikarjala	2016-10-06	4,463	Active Users: Kaftaj
	Mari	cyr	mhr: Олык Марий	2009-07-09	11,328	Active Users: Yufereff, Санюн Вадик, ПешСай
	Mansi	cyr	mns: Маньси/Моаньсь	incubator	1	Active Users:
	Moksha	cyr	mdf: Мокшень	2008-05	6,875	Active Users: Numulunj pilgae
	Ter Sami	lat	sjt: saa´mekiill	incubator	19	Active Users:
	Udmurt	cyr	udm: Удмурт	2005-10	5,702	Active Users: Denis Sacharnych (curr. inactive), AlnashPiyash, Palezik Administrators: 4 Bureaucrats: Denis Sacharnych
	Finnish^*	lat	fi: Suomenkielinen	2002-02-21	583,773	Bureaucrats: Ejs-80, Tbone Administrators:
	Khanty	cyr	kca: хӑнты ясӑӈ	incubator	2	Active Users:
	Erzya	cyr	myv: Эрзянь	2008-05	7,868	Active Users: Erzianj jurnalist, Сура
Samoyedic languages	Nganasan	cyr	nio: ня’	incubator	14	Active Users:
	Nenets	cyr	yrk: Ненэця' вада	incubator	65	Active Users:
	Selkup	cyr	sel: Чумыль ӄумыт әты/Шӧльӄумыт әты	incubator	2	Active Users:
Paleosiberian languages	Alyutor	cyr	alr: Nəməlʔu	incubator	2	Active Users:
	Itelmen	cyr	itl: Итэнмэн	incubator	14	Active Users:
	Ket	cyr	ket: Остыганна ка’	incubator	3	Active Users:
	Koryak	cyr	kpy: Нымылан	incubator	9	Active Users:
	Nivkh	cyr	niv: Нивхгу диф	incubator	4	Active Users:
	Chukchi	cyr	ckt: Лыгъоравэтлъан йилйил	incubator	47	Active Users:
	Southern Yukaghir	cyr	yux: Юо ньугерә, Одул	incubator	11	Active Users:
Eskimo–Aleut languages	Siberian Yupik^*	cyr, lat	ess: Юпик	incubator	16	Active Users:

Russian

Russian language is the state language of the Russian Federation and the most spoken language in the country. Russian Wikipedia contains more articles than all another Wikipedias in languages of Russia. Since almost all residents of Russia understand Russian, it is Russian Wikipedia which is used as a backbone for constructing Wikipedia in other languages. Infoboxes, templates, geographical categorization etc. are ported to other language editions from the Russian one.

Tatar

Tatar language is the second most spoken language in Russia. Majority of Tatar speakers live within Russia & currently use Cyrillic script for writing, as the only one approved by the Russian law of 2002.

That Wikipedia initially started using Zamanalif latin script, currently predominantly in Cyrillic. Following Law "On use of Tatar as a state language in the Republic of Tatarstan", approved by State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan during its 36th session^[2] on 24 December 2012^[3], the only accepted Latin script for Tatar is Uniform Turkic Alphabet.

Chuvash

The Wikipedia in the Chuvash language has the second article count among Wikipedias in languages of Russia.

Ossetian

Wikipedia in the Ossetian language.

Komi

Wikipedia in the Komi language.

Livvi-Karelian

Wikipedia in the Livvi-Karelian language.

Udmurt

Wikipedia in the Udmurt language.

v t e Wikipedias in languages of Russia
2 000 000+	Russian (русская)
1 000 000+	Ukrainian (українська)^*
500 000+	Finnish (Suomenkielinen)^* Chechen (нохчийн) Tatar (татарча/tatarça)
100 000+	Kazakh (қазақша)^* Azerbaijani (Azərbaycanca)^*
50 000+	Chuvash (чӑвашла) Bashkir (башҡортса)
10 000+	Yiddish (יידישע) Sakha (сахалыы) Ossetian (ирон) Hill Mari (кырык марла) Crimean Tatar (Qırımtatarca) Meadow Mari (олык марий)
3 000+	Vepsian (Vepsän) Komi-Zyrian (зырян коми) Udmurt (удмурт) Moksha (мокшень) Lezgian (лезги) Ezyan (эрзянь) Komi-Permyak (перем коми) Tyvan (тыва) Livvi-Karelian (Livvi) Avar (магІарул)
1 000+	Kalmyk (хальмг) Karachay-Balkar (къарачай-малкъар) Buryat (буряад) Kabardino-Cherkess (адыгэбзэ) Lak (лакку) Southern Altai (Алтай) Ingush (гIалгIай)
500+	Adyghe (адыгабзэ)
Wikimedia Incubator	Dargwa (даргала) Ingrian (Ižoran) Karelian (Karjalan) Kumyk (къумукъ) Narym Southern Selkup (чу́мэл шэ) Siberian Tatar (сыбыртатар) Khakas (хакас) Nogai (Ногай) – full list
Support	Wikimedia Foundation Wikimedia Russia Wikimedians of Bashkortostan User Group "Wikipedias in the languages of Russia" project
^* marks languages with majority speakers living in eponymous sovereign states.

v t e Languages of Russia
Federal language	Russian
State languages of federal subjects	Abaza Adyghe Aghul Altai Northern Altai Southern Altai Avar Azerbaijani Bashkir Buryat Chechen Chuvash Crimean Tatar Dargwa Ingush Kabardian Kalmyk Karachay-Balkar Khakas Komi Kumyk Lak Lezgin Mari Hill Meadow Mordvin Erzya Moksha Nogai Ossetian Rutul Yakut/Sakha Tabasaran Tat Tatar Tsakhur Tuvan Udmurt Ukrainian
Languages with official status	Chukchi Dolgan Even Evenki Finnish Karelian Kazakh Khanty Northern Khanty Southern Khanty Eastern Khanty Komi-Permyak Mansi Northern Mansi Western Mansi Eastern Mansi Southern Mansi Nenets Selkup Veps Yukaghir Northern Yukaghir Southern Yukaghir
Scripts	Cyrillic¹ Cyrillic Braille Latin script² Mongolian script (Buryat script, Kalmyk script)²
¹ In Russia, the Cyrillic alphabet is officially supported. ² For other, non-Cyrillic alphabets, separate federal laws are required. Languages of Russia Wikipedia in languages of Russia Mass media by language of Russia