Pannonian Rusyn

This article is about the language. For the people, see Pannonian Rusyns.
Pannonian Rusyn
Руски язик
Ruski jazik
Native toSerbia
Croatia
EthnicityPannonian Rusyns
Native speakers
20,000[citation needed]
Early forms
Cyrillic (Pannonian Rusyn alphabet)
Official status
Official language in
 Serbia (in Vojvodina)
Regulated byStatute of Vojvodina
Language codes
ISO 639-3rsk
rue-par
Glottologpann1240  Pannonian Ruthenian
Pannonian Rusyn is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)

Pannonian Rusyn (руски язик, romanized: ruski jazik), also historically referred to as Yugoslav Rusyn, is a variety of the Slovak language, spoken by the Pannonian Rusyns, primarily in the regions of Vojvodina (northern part of modern Serbia) and Slavonia (eastern part of modern Croatia), and also in the Pannonian Rusyn diaspora in the United States and Canada. Since Rusyns are officially recognized as a national minority both in Serbia and Croatia, their language is also recognized as a minority language, and in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (Serbia) it is employed as one of six official provincial languages.[2][3][4]

In some non-Slavic languages, Pannonian Rusyns may be referred to by somewhat archaic exonyms, such as Pannonian Ruthenes or Pannonian Ruthenians, and their language is thus labeled as Pannonian Ruthenian,[5] but such terminology is not used in the native (Rusyn) language.[6] Ruthenian exonyms are also viewed as imprecise, since they have several broader meanings, both in terms of their historical uses and ethnic scopes, that are encompassing various East Slavic groups and their languages.[7][8]

Official usage of Pannonian Rusyn language in Vojvodina, Serbia

There are several scholarly debates on various linguistic issues related to this language, including the question whether Pannonian Rusyn should be reclassified as a distinct microlanguage, a dialect of Eastern Slovak, or still considered to be just a specific variety of the common Rusyn language, that also has other varieties, spoken by Rusyns in northern (Carpathian) regions, mainly in southwestern Ukraine, northeastern Slovakia, southeastern Poland, and northern Romania.[9]

  1. ^ Habijanec, Siniša (2020). "Pannonian Rusyn". In Greenberg, Marc; Grenoble, Lenore (eds.). Brill Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics. Brill Publishers. ISBN 978900437500. ISSN 2589-6229. Retrieved 2024-04-01. The third theory defines Pannonian Rusyn as a West Slavic language originating in the East Slovak Zemplín and Šariš dialects and being a mixture of the two. It fits the linguistic data in the most consistent manner and has been accepted by an overwhelming majority of scholars in the field (Bidwell 1966; Švagrovský 1984; Witkowski 1984; Lunt 1998; Čarskij 2011) and verified by several comprehensive analyses of Pannonian Rusyn language data (Bidwell 1966; Lunt 1998; Čarskij 2011). {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help)
  2. ^ The Statue of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
  3. ^ National Council of the Rusyn National Minority (Serbia)
  4. ^ Savez Rusina Republike Hrvatske
  5. ^ Sakač 2019, p. 1-18.
  6. ^ Рамач, Фејса & Међеши 1997, p. 447-448.
  7. ^ Magocsi 2011, p. 177.
  8. ^ Magocsi 2015, p. 2-5.
  9. ^ Kushko 2007, p. 111-132.