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
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
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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
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Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
American English
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
United States of America
Dialect 2
Olonets
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Olonets
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Novgorod
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
English
Alternative Names
Russki
Not Available
French Name
russe
anglais
German Name
Russisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Russians
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Origin
1000 AD
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
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Branch
Eastern
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Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Standard English
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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engs
Glottocode
russ1263
stan1293
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic