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Russian and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
4   
11

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Russia   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200   
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
10   
7

How Many Consonants
23   
13
21   
11

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Wu   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Olonets   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Novgorod   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Russki   

French Name
chinois   
russe   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Russians   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
1   
1
7   
7

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
rus   

ISO 639 3
zho   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Chinese and Russian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Russian dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Russian Speaking population

Chinese and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Russian on Chinese vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Russian Language Codes

Chinese and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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