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Russian and English


Countries
Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
4   
11
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Russia   
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Afganistan   
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Asia, Europe   
Minority Language
South Africa   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Regulated By
Not Available   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Alphabets
Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7
How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11
Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
7   
6
6   
5
Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11
Greetings
Hello
Hello   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Thank You
Thank you   
спасибо(spasibo)   
How Are You?
How are you?   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Good Night
Good Night   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Good Evening
Good Evening   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Good Morning
Good Morning   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Please
Please   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Sorry
Sorry   
Извините(Izvinite)   
Bye
Bye   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
I Love You
I love you   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
извините(izvinite)   
Dialects
Dialect 1
American English   
Doukhobor Russian   
Where They Speak
United States of America   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
30,000.00   
99+
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Olonets   
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Olonets   
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   
Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Novgorod   
Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Novgorod   
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   
Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
13   
13
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
276.00 million   
6
Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
2.33 %   
9
Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
166.00 million   
8
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
110.00 million   
7
Native Name
English   
Русский   
Alternative Names
Not Available   
Russki   
French Name
anglais   
russe   
German Name
Englisch   
Russisch   
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Ethnicity
Not Available   
Russians   
History
Origin
5th Century AD   
1000 AD   
Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   
Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Old East Slavic   
Standard Forms
Standard English   
Standard Russian   
Language Position
3   
3
7   
7
Signed Forms
Signed English   
Signed Russian   
Scope
Individual   
Individual   
Code
ISO 639 1
en   
ru   
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eng   
rus   
ISO 639 2/B
eng   
rus   
ISO 639 3
eng   
rus   
ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   
Glottocode
stan1293   
russ1263   
Linguasphere
52-ABA   
53-AAA-ea   
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living   
Living   
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   
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All English 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 English and Russian dialects. Various dialects of English and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Russian Speaking population

English and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of English and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Russian on English vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Russian Language Codes

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

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