▁letters ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁Russian ▁alphabet ▁and ▁adding ▁four ▁letters ▁of ▁its ▁own : ▁ <0xD3> <0x90> , ▁ <0xD3> <0x96> , ▁ <0xD2> <0xAA> ▁and ▁ <0xD3> <0xB2> . ▁ ▁Us age ▁▁ ▁Ch uv ash ▁is ▁the ▁native ▁language ▁of ▁the ▁Ch uv ash ▁people ▁and ▁an ▁official ▁language ▁of ▁Ch uv ash ia . ▁It ▁is ▁spoken ▁by ▁ 1 , 6 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁persons ▁in ▁Russia ▁and ▁another ▁ 3 4 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁other ▁countries . ▁ 8 6 % ▁of ▁eth nic ▁Ch uv ash ▁and ▁ 8 % ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁other ▁eth nic ities ▁living ▁in ▁Ch uv ash ia ▁claimed ▁knowledge ▁of ▁Ch uv ash ▁language ▁during ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁census . ▁Despite ▁that , ▁and ▁although ▁Ch uv ash ▁is ▁taught ▁at ▁schools ▁and ▁sometimes ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁media , ▁it ▁is ▁considered ▁end anger ed , ▁because ▁Russian ▁domin ates ▁in ▁most ▁spher es ▁of ▁life , ▁and ▁few ▁children ▁learning ▁the ▁language ▁are ▁likely ▁to ▁become ▁active ▁users . ▁ ▁A ▁fairly ▁significant ▁production ▁and ▁publication ▁of ▁literature ▁in ▁Ch uv ash ▁still ▁continues . ▁According ▁to ▁UN ES CO ' s ▁Index ▁Trans lation um , ▁at ▁least ▁ 2 0 2 ▁books ▁translated ▁from ▁Ch uv ash ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁other ▁languages ▁( most ly ▁Russian ) ▁since ▁ca . ▁ 1 9 7 9 . ▁However , ▁as ▁with ▁most ▁other ▁languages ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁USS R ,