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Old 06-03-2007, 02:55 PM
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Domain
Punycode
Translation [optional]
Language
Additional [optional]
Google Images [optional]

[b]рбк.tv[/b]
xn--d0asq.tv
rbc
Russian
rbc.ru

[b]доменъ.com[/b]
xn--d1acufc9e.com
domain
Russian
brandable

[b]хостингъ.com[/b]
xn--c1ajpcpgs0c.com
hosting
Russian

[b]кавасаки.com[/b]
xn--80aaag6ahe8c.com
kawasaki
Russian

ямаха.net
xn--80aa8ayb8b.net
yamaha
Russian
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D1%8F%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]цццюсщь.com[/b]
xn--q1ajaaqsl.com
[url]www.com[/url]
Russian
typo

[b]жэ.com[/b]
xn--f1a0c.com
Russian
just in line: ж э + Enter

[b]цезарь.com[/b]
xn--80ajg1b0a4b.com
caesar
Russian
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]руслана.com[/b]
xn--80aa5ajmgn.com
ruslana
Russian
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]фото-порно.com[/b]
xn----ztbbabbejns.com
photo-porno
Russian

кока-кола.com
xn----7sbb1bachte.com
coca-cola
Russian
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]тур.net[/b]
xn--p1add.net
tour
Russian

[b]гпт.com[/b]
xn--c1ayj.com
gpt
Russian

психология.net
xn--c1ajbkobdq1b7g.net
psychology
Russian

[b]веб-хостинг.com[/b]
xn----9sbcghu9ag1ak4a.com
web-hosting
Russian

[b]краны.com[/b]
xn--80atkk1d.com
tap, crane
Russian
plural
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8B&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]май.net[/b]
xn--80ash.net
May, my
Russian

[b]политика.net[/b]
xn--80apaicrg1a.net
politics
Russian
plural

[b]рестораны.net[/b]
xn--80ajzcicfi9f.net
restaurant
Russian

[b]драйв.com[/b]
xn--80aeev7a.com
drive
Russian

[b]человека.net[/b]
xn--80adibzdv3e.net
human
Russian
like "lost man"

[b]биография.net[/b]
xn--80abgtc7ap7a8g.net
biography
Russian

[b]оао.net[/b]
xn--80a1ab.net
public corporation
Russian

[b]вебдизайн.com[/b]
xn--80abcjdogk0b.com
webdesign
Russian

[b]донор.com[/b]
xn--d1ascbk.com
donor
Russian

[B]памперсы.com[/b]
xn--80akukchh4f.com
pampers
Russian
plural
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%8B&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

бухучет.com
xn--90ai3bcalp.com
accounting
Russian

[b]дельфинарий.com[/b]
xn--80ahdmbgkr2a0b1f.com
dolphinarium
Russian
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

ангары.com
xn--80aai3br0e.com
hangar
Russian
plural
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]огнетушители.com[/b]
xn--c1aealbrkg3bbj4d.com
fire extinguisher
Russian
plural
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]спортсмены.com[/b]
xn--e1anebehedi8g.com
sportsmans
Russian
plural
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8B&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]высоцкий.com[/b]
xn--b1amdctr0bzb.com
visocky
Russian
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]прихожие.com[/b]
xn--e1abfb2aeh5b.com
hall, anteroom, antechamber, lobby
Russian
plural
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B5&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]раковины.com[/b]
xn--80aesgrdl8g.com
shell, wash-bowl
Russian
plural
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]ружья.com[/b]
xn--f1atj1bp.com
gun, rifle, hand-gun, firer
Russian
plural
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D1%8C%D1%8F&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]архиватор.com[/b]
xn--80aafx6aieox.com
archiver
Russian

пилы.com
xn--h1agk4c.com
saw
Russian
plural
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8B&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]фары.com[/b]
xn--80a6ak4a.com
headlight
Russian
plural
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]банкъ.com[/b]
xn--80ab2al0e.com
bank
Russian
brandable

[B]интерфакс.com[/b]
xn--80ajikmtjdu.com
interfax
Russian

[b]боинг.com[/b]
xn--90aeoud.com
Boeing
Russian
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]артек.com[/b]
xn--80akpwk.com
Artek
Russian
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]лебедев.net[/b]
xn--90acfcbb1b.net
Lebedev
Russian

[b]сталкер.com[/b]
xn--80akod1abh.com
Stalker
Russian

[b]душевые.com[/b]
xn--b1addb1e4ax.com
shower-baths
Russian
plural
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B5&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]баки.com[/b]
xn--80abwh.com
tank, cistern, boiler
Russian
plural
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]вождение.com[/b]
xn--b1aedaco8ae.com
driving
Russian

[b]тру.com[/b]
xn--p1ade.com
rub
Russian

[b]физкультура.com[/b]
xn--80ancjf4angcd7g.com
physical culture
Russian
http://images.google.com/images?svnu...=Search+Images

[b]электроэнергия.com[/b]
xn--c1adanheqhrdr2kg7a.com
electric power, electrical energy
Russian

[b]сиде.com[/b]
xn--d1ach9a.com
Side
Russian
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]фильмография.com[/b]
xn--80afocmgor4ah6fyb.com
filmography
Russian

[b]саше.com[/b]
xn--80ak8a3a.com
sachet
Russian
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B5&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]вело.com[/b]
xn--b1agsm.com
velo
Russian
velobike
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]автокредиты.com[/b]
xn--80aegdqj1arpg3h.com
auto credits
Russian
plural

[b]парковка.com[/b]
xn--80aaf5abwej.com
parking
Russian

[b]таблетка.com[/b]
xn--80aacqze0ce.com
tablet, pill
Russian
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]лион.com[/b]
xn--h1afhd.com
Lyons
Russian
http://images.google.com/images?svnu...=Search+Images

даллас.com
xn--80aak3aa1b.com
Dallas
Russian

[b]камерун.com[/b]
xn--80aknjgrv.com
Cameroon
Russian
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BD&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]марсель.com[/b]
xn--80aksbvg3f.com
Marseilles
Russian
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]єгипет.com[/b]
xn--c1aei2aq7h.com
Egypt
Ukrainian
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D1%94%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]туреччина.com[/b]
xn--80ajjumlh8aa.com
Turkey
Ukrainian
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]імена.com[/b]
xn--80ajuf6j.com
names
Ukrainian
plural

[b]зброя.com[/b]
xn--90alwh0f.com
weapon
Ukrainian
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B5&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]геї.com[/b]
xn--c1ae6h.com
gey
Ukrainian
plural

[b]тури.com[/b]
xn--h1apfe.com
tours
Ukrainian
plural

[b]кухні.com[/b]
xn--j1agri0g.com
kitchens
Ukrainian
plural
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%85%D0%BD%D1%96&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[B]кліпи.com [/b]
xn--h1addq8i.com
clips
Ukrainian
plural

[b]болгарія.com[/b]
xn--80abg5aop9h8b.com
Bulgaria
Ukrainian

[B]іспанія.com[/b]
xn--80a0aeh7esbe.com
Spain
Ukrainian
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D1%96%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%8F&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]велосипеди.com[/b]
xn--b1aecaocryks.com
velobikes
Ukrainian
plural
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]архів.com[/b]
xn--80ae5bu9f.com
archive
Ukrainian

[b]кондиціонери.com[/b]
xn--d1acibgscedw6d6k.com
air-conditioner
Ukrainian
plural
[url]http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&q=%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%96%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8&btnG=Search+Images[/url]

[b]гороскопи.com[/b]
xn--c1akfpabhek.com
horoscope
Ukrainian
plural

[b]анекдоти.com[/b]
xn--80aicniqk6a.com
anecdote
Ukrainian
plural

[b]аудіо.com[/b]
xn--80ai4as0h.com
audio
Ukrainian

[b]курси.com[/b]
xn--h1adsei.com
courses
Ukrainian
plural

[b]свята.com[/b]
xn--80ad8bf8d.com
holiday
Ukrainian
plural
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Re: 72 Russian + 18 Ukrainian premium IDNs with high wordstat.yandex.ru, google image

[quote=Ajiotaj]Domain
Punycode
Translation [optional]
Language
Additional [optional]
Google Images [optional]

[b]доменъ.com[/b]
xn--d1acufc9e.com
domain
Russian
brandable

[b]хостингъ.com[/b]
xn--c1ajpcpgs0c.com
hosting
Russian


[b]банкъ.com[/b]
xn--80ab2al0e.com
bank
Russian
brandable

[/quote]

Are you sure those words spelled correctly?
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Re: 72 Russian + 18 Ukrainian premium IDNs with high wordstat.yandex.ru, google image

This just brandable domains. I think You can use it for the firm. So if it will be memorable. Like [b][url="http://www.kommersant.ru/index.html"]Коммерсантъ[/url][/b].
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kawasaki, yamaha, coca cola... those are trademarked names.
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Re: 72 Russian + 18 Ukrainian premium IDNs with high wordstat.yandex.ru, google images

тури, аудіо, іспанія are domain names with good potential, but Ukrainian is not my speciality.
I've got some interesting ukrainian generics, and traffic is less than that of similar russian IDNs.
I wonder when Ukrainian will become generally used language in cities like Kiev.
What do you think about it?

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Quote:
Originally Posted by bwhhisc
kawasaki, yamaha, coca cola... those are trademarked names.
Yes, they are... Forgot to exclude them from the list...

[quote=rofsjan]тури, аудіо, іспанія are domain names with good potential, but Ukrainian is not my speciality.
I've got some interesting ukrainian generics, and traffic is less than that of similar russian IDNs.
I wonder when Ukrainian will become generally used language in cities like Kiev.
What do you think about it?[/quote]
In general - I think never :-)
But as for russians it's more easy to use they own language - for ukrainian too, so IDNs in Ukraine will be with good potential too. And as for traffic - it's because of population I think (Russia - about 250 000 000, Ukraine - about 45 000 000).
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You still have these for sale?
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Re: 72 Russian + 18 Ukrainian premium IDNs with high wordstat.yandex.ru, google images

I like человека.net
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Re: 72 Russian + 18 Ukrainian premium IDNs with high wordstat.yandex.ru, google images

Interesting stats in RED

Language and Number of Speakers Ranked 2006 (Source)

Chinese 1,212,560,000
Arabic 422,039,637
Hindi 366,000,000
English 341,000,000
Spanish 322,200,000
Bengali 207,000,000
Portuguese 176,000,000
Russian 167,000,000
Japanese 125,000,000
German 100,130,000
French 78,000,000
Korean 78,000,000
Javanese 75,567,550
Telugu 69,666,000
Marathi 68,022,000
Vietnamese 68,000,000
Tamil 66,000,000
Italian 62,000,000
Turkish 61,000,000
Urdu 60,290,000
Punjabi 57,129,000
Ukrainian 47,000,000
Gujarati 46,100,000
Thai 46,050,000
Polish 44,000,000
Malayalam 35,706,000
Kannada 35,346,000
Oriya 32,300,000
Burmese 32,250,000
Azerbaijani 31,423,000
Farsi 31,280,000
Sunda 27,000,000
Pashto 26,811,657
Romanian 26,265,555
Bhojpuri 26,254,000
Hausa 24,200,000
Maithili 24,191,900
Malay 23,576,500
Serbo-Croatian 21,000,000
Awadhi 20,540,000
Uzbek 20,051,000
Yoruba 20,000,000
Dutch 20,000,000
Sindh 19,720,000
Igbo 18,000,000
Amharic 17,413,000
Oromo 17,232,000
Indonesian 17,070,000
Tagalog 17,000,000
Nepali 16,056,000
Assamese 15,374,000
Saraiki 15,059,000
Cebuano 15,000,000
Hungarian 14,500,000
Chittagonian 14,000,000
Zhuang 14,000,000
Shona 14,000,000
Madura 13,694,000
Sinhala 13,220,000
Marwari 13,183,000
Magahi 13,000,000
Haryanvi 13,000,000
Greek 12,000,000
Czech 12,000,000
Chhattisgarhi 11,535,000
Fulfulde 11,428,700
Deccan 10,709,800
Malagasy 10,484,000
Belarusan 10,200,000

All numbers are approximate.

Data are for first language speakers only.
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Re: 72 Russian + 18 Ukrainian premium IDNs with high wordstat.yandex.ru, google images

Very interesing stats. Many thanks for sharing them! How were these calculated? Was it by taking total populations of countries, etc.? Reason I'm asking is that, in Ukraine, for example, the total population is around 47,000,000 but half (or less) speak Ukrainian fluently... the rest speak Russian.
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Re: 72 Russian + 18 Ukrainian premium IDNs with high wordstat.yandex.ru, google images

Here is some older data. No idea how Encarta put that together.

Source: The World's Most Widely Spoken Languages

Click here to see the full data from Comrie (199, Weber (1997), and the Summer Institute for Linguistics (SIL) 1999 Ethnologue Survey as well as charts comparing the number of speakers of each language and the number of countries using each language.

What are the world's most widely spoken languages?
This question is a very interesting one that has a rather complicated answer. Estimates of how many people speak a language are quite general and can vary considerably. For example, English estimates vary from 275 to 450 million, Spanish from 150 to over 300 million, Hindi from 150 to 350 million, and Russian from 150 to 180 million.

[size=2]To further complicate matters, the definition of “speaker” can be vague. Some surveys of languages give information on native speakers only. Others count both native speakers and [i]secondary[/i] speakers (those who use the language regularly or primarily even though it is not their native language).[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2]Lastly, it is important to consider not only the population (number) of language speakers, but also the geographic distribution of these languages. Some languages have relatively large populations of native speakers but are used almost exclusively in a few countries. On the other hand, other languages have relatively small populations of native speakers but are used in many different countries as an official or national language.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2]The [b]Summer Institute for Linguistics (SIL) Ethnologue Survey[/b] (1999) lists the following as the top languages by population:
(number of native speakers in parentheses)[/SIZE]
[LIST]
[*][size=2][b]Chinese* [/b](937,132,000)[/SIZE]
[*][size=2][b]Spanish[/b] (332,000,000)[/SIZE]
[*][size=2][b]English[/b] (322,000,000)[/SIZE]
[*][size=2][b]Bengali[/b] (189,000,000)[/SIZE]
[*][size=2][b]Hindi/Urdu[/b] (182,000,000)[/SIZE]
[*][size=2][b]Arabic*[/b] (174,950,000)[/SIZE]
[*][size=2][b]Portuguese[/b] (170,000,000)[/SIZE]
[*][size=2][b]Russian[/b] (170,000,000)[/SIZE]
[*][size=2][b]Japanese[/b] (125,000,000)[/SIZE]
[*][size=2][b]German[/b] (98,000,000)[/SIZE]
[*][size=2][b]French*[/b] (79,572,000)[/SIZE][/list][size=2][b]* [/b]The totals given for Chinese, Arabic, and French include more than one SIL variety. [u][color=#0000ff]See chart for full details[/COLOR][/u].[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]The following list is from [b]Dr. Bernard Comrie’s [/b]article for the [i][b]Encarta Encyclopedia [/b][/i](199:
(number of native speakers in parentheses)[/SIZE]
[size=2][b]Mandarin Chinese[/b] (836 million)[/SIZE]

Mandarin Chinese (836 million)
Hindi (333 million)
Spanish (332 million)
English (322 million)
Bengali (189 million)
Arabic (186 million)
Russian (170 million)
Portuguese (170 million)
Japanese (125 million)
German (98 million)
French (72 million)

[size=2]The following list is from [b]George Weber’s[/b] article [url="http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/reprints/weber/rep-weber.htm"][u][color=#0000ff]“Top Languages: The World’s 10 Most Influential Languages”[/COLOR][/u][/url] in [B][i]Language Today[/i][/b] (Vol. 2, Dec 1997):
(number of native speakers in parentheses)[/SIZE]

Mandarin Chinese (1.1 billion)
English (330 million)
Spanish (300 million)
Hindi/Urdu (250 million)
Arabic (200 million)
Bengali (185 million)
Portuguese (160 million)
Russian (160 million)
Japanese (125 million)
German (100 million)
Punjabi (90 million)
Javanese (80 million)
French (75 million)

[size=2]However, in terms of [i]secondary[/i] speakers, Weber submits the following list:
(number of speakers in parentheses)[/SIZE]

French (190 million)
English (150 million)
Russian (125 million)
Portuguese (28 million)
Arabic (21 million)
Spanish (20 million)
Chinese (20 million)
German (9 million)
Japanese (8 million)

[size=2]Thus, if you add the secondary speaker populations to the primary speaker populations, you get the following (and I believe more accurate) list:
(number of speakers in parentheses)

Mandarin Chinese (1.12 billion)
English (480 million)
Spanish (320 million)
Russian (285 million)
French (265 million)
Hindi/Urdu (250 million)
Arabic (221 million)
Portuguese (188 million)
Bengali (185 million)
Japanese (133 million)
German (109 million)

[/SIZE][size=2]The following is a list of these languages in terms of the number of countries where each is spoken. The number that follows is the total number of countries that use that language (from Weber,1997):[/SIZE]
[LIST]
[*][size=2][b]English[/b] (115)[/SIZE]
[*][size=2][b]French[/b] (35)[/SIZE]
[*][size=2][b]Arabic[/b] (24)[/SIZE]
[*][size=2][b]Spanish[/b] (20)[/SIZE]
[*][size=2][b]Russian[/b] (16)[/SIZE]
[*][size=2][b]German[/b] (9)[/SIZE]
[*][size=2][b]Mandarin[/b] (5)[/SIZE]
[*][size=2][b]Portuguese[/b] (5)[/SIZE]
[*][b]Hindi/Urdu [/b](2)
[*][size=2][b]Bengali[/b] (1)[/SIZE]
[*][size=2][b]Japanese[/b] (1)[/SIZE][/list]
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Re: 72 Russian + 18 Ukrainian premium IDNs with high wordstat.yandex.ru, google images

Ukrainian and belarussian people knows russian language as well as russians
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Yes, but it gives us an idea about where to focus. It is hard to keep focus these days.
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