Countries
Philippines
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Philippines
Russia
Second Language
Philippines
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Island of Cebu
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hoy
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Salamat
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Palihug
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Babay
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Boholano
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Bohol
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Olonets
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Olonets
Dialect 3
North Kana
Novgorod
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Novgorod
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Native Name
Visayan
Русский
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Russki
French Name
cebuano
russe
German Name
Cebuano
Russisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Russians
Origin
16th century
1000 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Eastern
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ru
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
cebu1242
russ1263
Linguasphere
No data Available
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Cebuano and Russian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Cebuano and Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Russian language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Russian Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano Alphabets and Russian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Cebuano and Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.