Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Russia
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Afganistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Olonets
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Olonets
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Novgorod
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Novgorod
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
276.00 million
  
6
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
166.00 million
  
8
6.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
110.00 million
  
7
Not Available
  
Native Name
Русский
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Russki
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
russe
  
arménien
  
German Name
Russisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Russians
  
Armenians
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ru
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
rus
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
rus
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
rus
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
russ1263
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic