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Russian vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
4  
11

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Russia  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
16  
6
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
grazie  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
buonanotte  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
buonasera  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
Per Favore  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
scusate  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
arrivederci  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Ti amo  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
21
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Novgorod  

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
22
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
20
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Italiano  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Russki  

French Name
italien  
russe  

German Name
Italienisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Russians  

History

Origin
960 BC  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
27  
23
7  
7

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
rus  

ISO 639 3
ita  
rus  

ISO 639 6
itas  
Not Available  

Glottocode
ital1282  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Italian and Russian Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Russian language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Italian and Russian Language History.

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Italian 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 Italian and Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Russian language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Italian vs Russian Difficulty

The Italian vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.

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