In your culture. What is the role of the Russian language in the world? Complete the text with the words from the box in the correct form.

The role of the Russian language:

Russian is one of the most major languages in the world spoken by over 260 million people. It ranks with English, Chinese, Hindi and Spanish as a major world language. Russian is the language of Russia. It is the language of over 150 million people. What is more, Russian is the unofficial lingua franca of the former Soviet republics. It is one of the six languages of the UN. Over a quarter of the world's scientific literature expand in Russian. Russian easily borrow words from other languages. Words from more than 100 languages remain its vocabulary. Russian is taught as a foreign language in many countries.