Rusyn language

Rusyn (/ˈruːsɪn/ ROO-sin;^[16] Carpathian Rusyn: русиньскый язык, romanized: rusîn'skyj jazyk; Pannonian Rusyn: руски язик, romanized: ruski jazik)^[17][18] is an East Slavic language spoken by Rusyns in parts of Central and Eastern Europe, and written in the Cyrillic script.^[19] The majority of speakers live in an area known as Carpathian Ruthenia that spans from Transcarpathia, westward into eastern Slovakia and south-east Poland.^[20] There is also a sizeable Pannonian Rusyn linguistic island in Vojvodina, Serbia,^[20] as well as a Rusyn diaspora throughout the world.^[21][22] Per the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, Rusyn is officially recognized as a protected minority language by Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Poland (as Lemko), Serbia, and Slovakia.^[12]

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Rusyn
русинськый язык; руски язик rusîns'kyj jazyk; ruski jazik
Ethnicity	Rusyns
Native speakers	70,000 (2001–2013)[1] Slovakia – 38,679[2] Serbia – 15,626[3] Poland – 10,000[4] Ukraine – 6,725[5] Croatia – 2,337[6] Hungary – 1,113[7] Czech Republic – 777[8]
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic East Slavic Rusyn
Early forms	Proto-Indo-European Proto-Balto-Slavic Proto-Slavic Old East Slavic[9] Ruthenian
Dialects	Lemko[10] Prešov[10] Subcarpathian[10] Pannonian
Writing system	Cyrillic script (Rusyn alphabets) Latin script (Slovakia)[11]
Official status
Official language in	Serbia (in Vojvodina)[12][13]
Recognised minority language in	Bosnia and Herzegovina[12]  Croatia[12]  Czech Republic[12]  Hungary[12][14]  Poland[12][15]  Romania[12]  Slovakia[12]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rue
Glottolog	rusy1239
Linguasphere	53-AAA-ec < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eca to 53-AAA-ecc)
Rusyn is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger [citation needed]
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The categorization of Rusyn as a language or dialect is a source of controversy.^[23] Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian, as well as American and some Polish and Serbian linguists treat it as a distinct language^{[24][needs update]} (with its own ISO 639-3 code), whereas other scholars (in Ukraine, Poland, Serbia, and Romania) treat it as a dialect of Ukrainian.^{[25][needs update]}