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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, male, inanimate
very often used word (#294)

Noun basics

Noun gender partner (e.g. кошка for кот):

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

Translation

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tongue

Also: clapper, tongue of bell, language, prisoner for interrogation, people, nation

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Examples

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А́втор языка́ словио даже сде́лал на нём порносайт. The author of the Slovio language has even made a porn site in it.
Мой учи́тель кита́йского языка́ — мужчи́на. My Chinese teacher is a man.
Мой родно́й язы́к — япо́нский. My native language is Japanese.
«Алма-Ата» во мно́гих тюркских языка́х перево́дится как «Оте́ц Я́блок». Almaty means "The Father of Apples" in many Turkic languages.
Э́та кни́га для студе́нтов, чей родно́й язы́к не япо́нский. This book is for students whose native language is not Japanese.
Мне придётся на сле́дующей неде́ле пересдава́ть англи́йский язы́к. I'll have to take a make-up test in English next week.
Францу́зский язы́к бога́т на сино́нимы. The French language is rich in synonyms.
Поиско́вая систе́ма «Яндекс» начала подде́рживать и тата́рский язы́к. “Yandex” search engine started supporting Tatar language too.
В англи́йском языке́ глаго́л предше́ствует дополне́нию. In English the verb precedes the object.
Те, кто у́чат англи́йский язы́к не мо́гут обойти́сь без англи́йских словаре́й. Those who learn English cannot do without English dictionaries.

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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