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Russian
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French
French and Russian


Countries
Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
32   
3
National Language
Russia   
France   
Second Language
Afganistan   
Africa, Canada   
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Italian Language   
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Latin   
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
French-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3
How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10
Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6
Greetings
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
bonjour   
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Merci   
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Comment allez-vous?   
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
bonne Nuit   
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
bonsoir   
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
bon Après-Midi   
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Bonjour   
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
S'il vous plaît   
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
désolé   
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
au revoir   
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Je t'aime   
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Excuse Moi   
Dialects
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Quebec French   
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
6,200,000.00   
15
Dialect 2
Olonets   
African French   
Where They Speak
Olonets   
Africa   
Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Swiss French   
Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Northeast France, Switzerland   
How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
16
Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
25   
21
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
163.00 million   
11
Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
1.12 %   
17
Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
76.00 million   
13
Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
87.00 million   
11
Native Name
Русский   
français   
Alternative Names
Russki   
Français   
French Name
russe   
français   
German Name
Russisch   
Französisch   
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
Ethnicity
Russians   
Not Available   
History
Origin
1000 AD   
9th Century   
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   
Subgroup
Slavic   
Romance   
Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Old French, Middle French and French   
Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Standard French   
Language Position
7   
7
13   
12
Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Scope
Individual   
Individual   
Code
ISO 639 1
ru   
fr   
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
rus   
fra   
ISO 639 2/B
rus   
fre   
ISO 639 3
rus   
fra   
ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   
Glottocode
russ1263   
stan1290   
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
51-AAA-i   
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living   
Living   
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   
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All Russian and French 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 French dialects. Various dialects of Russian and French language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas French Dialects are spoken in different French speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs French Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. French dialects include: Quebec French , African French. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and French Speaking population

Russian and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and French languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Russian vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and French Language Codes

Russian and French language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and French Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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