Indo-European family
Russian
1500 CE – today Living
Russian (1500 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Slavic → Old East Slavic → Russian.
See Russian on the interactive map- Speakers
- 258M (258,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- rus
- Glottocode
- russ1263
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Slavicc. 200 BCE – 600 CE
- Old East Slavic600 CE – 1500 CE
- Russian1500 CE – today
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Old East Slavic.