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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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