Как дела?
'How are you?' in Russian
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Russian is a Slavic language spoken by over 150 million native speakers, primarily in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and other former Soviet states. It uses the Cyrillic alphabet, developed in the First Bulgarian Empire, and is known for its rich consonant clusters and stress-based vowel reduction. Russian grammar is complex, with six cases for nouns, flexible word order, and intricate verb aspects (perfective and imperfective). Its vocabulary draws from Old Church Slavonic, with influences from French, German, and English. As the official language of Russia and a key language in international diplomacy, Russian holds significant cultural and political importance.
Romanization is enabled for Russian on this platform in addition to the original script. Romanization is the representation of a non-Latin script language in the Latin alphabet to aid pronunciation and understanding for those unfamiliar with the original script.