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Greek and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
3   
12

National Language
Russia   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Roman Empire   

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   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Armenian   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
17   
7

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Arabic, 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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
ελληνικά   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   

French Name
russe   
grec moderne (après 1453)   

German Name
Russisch   
Neugriechisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[eliniˈka]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Greeks or Hellenes   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Hellenic   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
7   
7
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
gre   

ISO 639 3
rus   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
russ1263   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
56-AAA-a   

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 Greek 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 Greek dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Greek Speaking population

Russian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Russian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Greek Language Codes

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

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