Demographic Table for Eastern European LCTLs
Name of Language Country Mother Tongue (L1) Speakers Most Recent Year of Cited Data Current Usage & Socio-cultural Importance
ALBANIAN ALBANIA 3.2M 1989  
YUGOSLAVIA 1.5M 1992  
MACEDONIA 242,250 1992  
AVAR RUSSIA 556,000 1989  
AZERBAIJAN 44,000 1992  
BASHKIR RUSSIA 901,150 1993  
BELARUSIAN BELARUS 7.9M 1993  
POLAND 230,000 1993  
BULGARIAN BULGARIA 8M 1986  
MOLDOVA 361,000 1979  
ROMANIA 10,439 1966  
TURKEY 270,000 1993  
GREECE 30,000 1998  
CHECHEN RUSSIA 9.9M 1989  
CHUVASH RUSSIA 1.77M 1993  
CRIMEAN TURKISH ROMANIA 25,000 1982  
BULGARIA 6,000 1990  
UZBEKISTAN 189,000 1993  
CZECH CZECH REPUBLIC 10M 1990  
ESTONIAN FINLAND 6,000 1993  
ESTONIA 953,000 1989  
FINNISH FINLAND 4.7M 1993  
RUSSIA 31,570 1979  
SWEDEN 200,000 1997  
GAGAUZ MOLDOVA 173,000 1979  
BULGARIA 12,000 1982  
HUNGARIAN ROMANIA 2.5M 1998  
UKRAINE 187,000 1993  
YUGOSLAVIA 450,500 1986  
HUNGARY 10.3M 1995  
SLOVAKIA 597,400 1993  
SLOVENIA 9,240 1991  
KABARDIAN RUSSIA 443,000 1993  
TURKEY 202,000 1993  
LATVIAN LATVIA 1.4M 1995  
LADINO TURKEY 8,000 1976  
LITHUANIAN LITHUANIA 2.99M 1998  
MACEDONIAN MACEDONIA 1.4M 1986  
ALBANIA 30,000 1993  
GREECE (as "Slavic") 41,017 1951  
MARI RUSSIA 593,000 1993  
POLISH POLAND 36.5M 1986  
CZECH REPUBLIC 50,000 no date  
ROMANIA 10,000 no date  
ROMANIAN MOLDOVA 2.66M 1979  
ROMANIA 20.5M 1986  
UKRAINE 250,000 1999  
YUGOSLAVIA 250,000 1995  
ALBANIA 50,000 1995  
CZECH REPUBLIC 220,000 1980  
HUNGARY 100,000 1995  
ROMANI  FINLAND 40,000 1980  
HUNGARY 160,000 1995  
LATVIA 8,000 1995  
POLAND 35,000 1993  
RUSSIA 10,000 no date  
MOLDOVA 12,000 1993  
SLOVAKIA & CZECH REP 220,000 1980  
YUGOSLAVIA 151,000 1980  
ROMANIA 200,000 1996  
RUSSIAN ALL REPUBLICS OF THE FORMER USSR 156.66M 1999  
SLOVAK SLOVAKIA 4.86M 1990  
HUNGARY 10,000 1990  
YUGOSLAVIA 80,000 1996  
SLAVONIC, OLD CHURCH RUSSIA     liturgy
SLOVENIAN SLOVENIA 1.7M 1991  
AUSTRIA 30,000 1993  
HUNGARY 4,205 1970  
ITALY 100,000 1987  
BOSNIAN, SERBIAN, SERBO-CROATIAN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINIA 4M 1995  
ROMANIA 80,000 1993  
YUGOSLAVIA 10.2M 1981  
CROATIA 4.8M 1995  
SWEDISH FINLAND 296,000 1997  
TURKISH BULGARIA 845,500 1986  
ROMANIA 150,000 1993  
TURKEY 46.3M 1987  
YUGOSLAVIA & MACEDONIA 250,000 1982  
UZBEKISTAN, TAJIKISTAN, KAZAKHSTAN & KYRGHYZSTAN 197,000 1979  
TUVIN RUSSIA 206,000 1993  
YIDDISH LATVIA 40,000 1991  
UKRANIAN POLAND 1.5M no date  
UKRAINE 31M 1993  
SLOVAKIA 70,000 no date