Countries
Israel
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Israel
Russia
Second Language
Israel
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Poland
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
- 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Aramaic Language
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Israel
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Olonets
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
Olonets
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Israel
Novgorod
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Русский
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Russki
German Name
Hebräisch
Russisch
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Russians
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Branch
Canaanitic
Eastern
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
hebr1246
russ1263
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Hebrew 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 Hebrew and Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hebrew and Russian language. Hebrew word for "Hello" is שלום (Shalom) or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Hebrew Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hebrew vs Russian Difficulty
The Hebrew vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hebrew 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 Hebrew and Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hebrew and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hebrew is 44 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.