Russian
Russian is one of 99 world languages in the LEXOS registry, belonging to the Indo-European language family. Every word or phrase can be analysed across 6 linguistic levels: phonetics → phonology → morphology → syntax → semantics → pragmatics.
East Slavic branch of Indo-European; Cyrillic script. Official across much of the former Soviet Union and a continuing lingua franca in Central Asia and the Caucasus.
6 Levels of Analysis for Russian
Other Indo-European languages
Frequently asked about Russian
What language family does Russian belong to?
Indo-European.
At which levels can I analyse Russian?
Six levels: Phonetics (speech sounds, IPA), Phonology (phonemes and sound patterns), Morphology (word structure), Syntax (phrases and sentence structure), Semantics (literal meaning), Pragmatics (meaning in context).
Is Russian one of the most spoken world languages?
Yes — LEXOS catalogues the 99 most-spoken / most-commercially-relevant world languages, covering every major language family and every continent.