Rusyn language

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.^[13] Some Ukrainian scholars think it is a dialect of Ukrainian.^[14]

Rusyn
русиньскый язык; руски язик rusîn'skyj jazyk; ruski jazik
Ethnicity	Rusyns
Native speakers	(623,500 cited 2000–2006)[1] Census population: 70,000. These are numbers from national official bureaus for statistics: Slovakia – 33,482[2] Serbia – 15,626[3] Ukraine – 6,725[4] Poland – 10,000[5] Croatia – 2,337[6] Hungary – 1,113[7] Czech Republic – 777[8]
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic East Slavic Rusyn
Writing system	Cyrillic script (Rusyn alphabets) Latin script (Slovakia)[9]
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Czech Republic  Hungary[10]  Serbia[11]  Slovakia  Ukraine[12]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rue
Glottolog	rusy1239
Linguasphere	53-AAA-ec < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eca to 53-AAA-ecc)
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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.^[15] Since 1995, Rusyn has been an official minority language in Slovakia. In some Slovak municipalities, it is an official language.^[16]

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