Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Russia
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Afganistan
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
German and English Languages
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Hallo
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
dankjewel
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
goedemorgen
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
alsjeblieft
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
sorry
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
vaarwel
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
pardon
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Gronings
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Olonets
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Olonets
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Russki
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
russe
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Russisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Russians
Dutch people
Origin
1000 AD
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
mode1257
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
Russian and Dutch Speaking population
Russian and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Dutch on Russian vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Russian and Dutch Language Codes
Russian and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.