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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

язы́к

noun, masculine, inanimate
daily used word (top 300)

Noun basics

Gender: none/unknown masculine feminine both (m & f) neuter plural only

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

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language

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Examples

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Он говори́т на восьми языка́х. He can speak eight languages.
Испа́нский - его родно́й язы́к. Spanish is his mother tongue.
Лати́нский язы́к - мёртвый. Latin is a dead language.
Да здра́вствует перси́дский язы́к! Long live the Persian language!
Испа́нский — её родно́й язы́к. Spanish is her native language.
Он не говори́т на нашем языке́. He doesn't speak our language.
Специализа́ция Кейт — неме́цкий язы́к. Kate is majoring in German.
Придержи́ язы́к! Hold your tongue!
Они спо́рили о том, како́й язы́к проще: францу́зский или неме́цкий. They quarreled as to which was easier, French or German.
Лати́нский — язы́к бу́дущего! Latin is the language of the future!

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	язы́к	языки́
gen. genitive	языка́	языко́в
dat. dative	языку́	языка́м
acc. accusative	язы́к	языки́
inst. instrumental	языко́м	языка́ми
prep. prepositional	языке́	языка́х