Countries
Indonesia
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Indonesia
Russia
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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
Malay language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Halo
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Terima kasih
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
mohon Untuk
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
maaf
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Permisi
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Dialect 2
Balinese
Olonets
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Olonets
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Novgorod
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
Русский
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Russki
French Name
indonésien
russe
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Russisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Russians
Origin
7th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Eastern
Early Forms
Old Malay
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
indo1316
russ1263
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Russian language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Russian Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.