In Russia, two pronunciation variants of the words "million" and "billion" have been approved

Two pronunciation variants of the words "million" and "billion" have been approved in the Russian language. The rule was developed at the Vinogradov Institute of the Russian Language of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

According to the contents of the spelling dictionary of the Russian language as the state language, the acceptable form of pronunciation of the word "million" is "million", for "billion" — "milyard". The innovation also applies to other forms of these words. For example, "millionth" is "millionth", "billionth" is "milliard", the RIA Novosti news agency notes, which has reviewed the contents of the dictionary.

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