Rusin language
| Pannonian Rusyn | |
|---|---|
| Руски язик Ruski yazik |
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| Native to |
Serbia Croatia |
| Ethnicity | Pannonian Rusyns |
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Native speakers
|
20,000 (date missing) |
| Cyrillic (Rusyn alphabet) | |
| Official status | |
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Official language in
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 Vojvodina
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| Regulated by | Statute of Vojvodina |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
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Linguist list
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rue-par |
| Glottolog | None |
Pannonian Rusyn (руски язик or руска бешеда) or simply Rusyn (or Ruthenian) is the language of the Pannonian Rusyns, in north-western Serbia (Bačka region) and eastern Croatia. Before the re-establishment of independent Serbian and Croatian states, in the 1990s, the area was part of the former federation of Yugoslavia. Pannonian Rusyn is one of the official languages of the Serbian Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The Pannonian Rusyns themselves call their language Bačvan'ska ruska bešeda (бачваньска руска бешеда), or Bačvan'ski ruski yazik (бачваньски руски язик), both meaning "the Rusyn language of Bačka". Pannonian Rusyn has also sometimes been known as Yugoslavo-Ruthenian, Vojvodina-Ruthenian or Bačka-Ruthenian.
There is controversy regarding whether Pannonian Rusyn is a distinct microlanguage, or a dialect of the Rusyn (or Carpathian Rusyn) language, which is spoken in a a trans-border region of Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Romania.
Like most other Rusyns – and unlike Serbs or Croats – most Pannonian Rusyns were traditionally members of the Ruthenian Catholic Church, a branch of Greek Catholicism. Religious differences have also, therefore, significantly influenced the distinctiveness of the Pannonian Rusyn language.
While up to date figures are not available, the Yugoslavian federal census of 1981 counted 23,286 Rusyns.
Both Pannonian Rusyn and Carpathian Rusyn are East Slavic languages. Pannonian Rusyn differs from Carpathian Rusyn in that the former has been influenced by the surrounding South Slavic languages (especially Serbian and Croatian) whilst the latter has been influenced by the surrounding West Slavic languages (especially Polish and Slovak. Both forms of Rusyn are closely related to Russian Church Slavonic, Old Ruthenian (Old Ukrainian) and modern Russian.
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