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Russian vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Japan   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific   
Asia, Europe   

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

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99   
40
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
14   
4
21   
11

Scripts
Kana   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Doukhobor Russian   

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

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
日本語   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Russki   

French Name
japonais   
russe   

German Name
Japanisch   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)   
Russians   

History

Origin
1185   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Japonic Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Japanese   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
8   
8
7   
7

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
rus   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Japanese and Russian Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Russian language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Russian Language History.

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

Japanese vs Russian Difficulty

The Japanese vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.

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