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Rusyn
	русиньский язык, русиньска бесїда rusyn’skyj jazyk, rusyn’ska besjida
Region	Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Czech Republic
Native speakers	Estimated: At least 600,000.; Census population: 70,374. These are numbers from national official bureaus for statistics: Slovakia - 33,482; Serbia - 15,626; Ukraine - 6,725; Poland - 10,000; Croatia - 2,337; Hungary - 1,113; Czech Republic - 777 (date missing);
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic East Slavic Rusyn; ; ; ;
Official status
Official language in	Vojvodina Minority language:; Croatia; Poland; Romania; Serbia; Slovakia
Linguasphere	53-AAA-ec < 53-AAA-e; (varieties: 53-AAA-eca to 53-AAA-ecc)
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Official usage of Pannonian Rusyn language in Vojvodina, present-day Serbia

Rusyn (Rusyn: русиньска бесїда or русиньскый язык) is an East Slavic language. It is spoken by the Rusyns of Central Europe. In English, it is also called Ruthene or Ruthenian. Some linguists treat it as a distinct language. Some Ukrainian scholars think it is a dialect of Ukrainian.

Rusyn is spoken in the Transcarpathian Region of Ukraine, in northeastern Slovakia, in Vojvodina, in southeastern Poland, in Hungary and in northern Romania.

In Serbia, Rusyn is an official minority language. Since 1995, Rusyn has been an official minority language in Slovakia. In some Slovakian municipalities, it is an official language.

Rusyn is listed as a protected language by the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia and Romania.