Rusyn

Also known as Rusin language, Rusnak language, Carpatho-Ruthene language, Carpatho-Ruthenian language, Rusyn language, Rusin, Rusnak, Carpatho-Ruthene

East Slavic language spoken by Carpathian Rusyns, Lemkos, Boykos, and Hutsuls

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Rusyn is an East Slavic language spoken by several ethnic groups—including Carpathian Rusyns, Lemkos, Boykos, and Hutsuls—primarily in the Carpathian Mountain region. It matters because it represents a distinct linguistic and cultural identity for these communities, though it remains relatively unknown outside its native areas.

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Commons category: Rusyn language
name: Ruthenisch
Wikimedia language code: rue
native label: русиньскый язык‎
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 610000
female form of label: la langue rusyn
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/RUE

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Rusyn (/ˈruːsɪn/ ROO-sin; Carpathian Rusyn: русиньскый язык, romanized: rusîn'skyj jazyk; Pannonian Rusyn: руски язик, romanized: ruski jazik) is an East Slavic language spoken by Rusyns in parts of Central and Eastern Europe, and written in the Cyrillic script. The majority of speakers live in Carpathian Ruthenia, which includes Transcarpathia and parts of eastern Slovakia and south-eastern Poland. There is also a sizeable Pannonian Rusyn linguistic island in Vojvodina, Serbia, and a Rusyn diaspora worldwide. Under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, it is recognized as a protected minority language by Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Poland (as Lemko), Serbia, and Slovakia.

The categorization of Rusyn as a language or dialect is a source of controversy. Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian, as well as American and some Polish and Serbian linguists treat it as a distinct language (with its own ISO 639-3 code), whereas other scholars (in Ukraine, Poland, Serbia, and Romania) treat it as a dialect of Ukrainian.