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Russian
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English
English and Russian


Countries
Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
33   
2
National Language
Russia   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Second Language
Afganistan   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
South Africa   
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Not Available   
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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Not Available   
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Latin   
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
English-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2
How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11
Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
6   
5
7   
6
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3
Greetings
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Hello   
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Thank you   
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
How are you?   
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Good Night   
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Good Evening   
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Good Afternoon   
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Good Morning   
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Please   
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Sorry   
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Bye   
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
I love you   
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Excuse Me   
Dialects
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
American English   
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
United States of America   
How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
225,000,000.00   
3
Dialect 2
Olonets   
Hiberno-English   
Where They Speak
Olonets   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15
Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Welsh English   
Where They Speak
Novgorod   
United Kingdom   
How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14
Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
188   
34
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
1,200.00 million   
1
Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
5.43 %   
4
Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
400.00 million   
3
Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
400.00 million   
1
Native Name
Русский   
English   
Alternative Names
Russki   
Not Available   
French Name
russe   
anglais   
German Name
Russisch   
Englisch   
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
Ethnicity
Russians   
Not Available   
History
Origin
1000 AD   
5th Century AD   
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   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Standard English   
Language Position
7   
7
3   
3
Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Signed English   
Scope
Individual   
Individual   
Code
ISO 639 1
ru   
en   
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
rus   
eng   
ISO 639 2/B
rus   
eng   
ISO 639 3
rus   
eng   
ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   
Glottocode
russ1263   
stan1293   
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
52-ABA   
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living   
Living   
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
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All Russian and English Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and English dialects. Various dialects of Russian and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and English Speaking population

Russian and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and English languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Russian vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and English Language Codes

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