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Italian and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
7  
8

National Language
Russia  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
16  
6

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)  
ciao  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
grazie  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Come stai?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
buongiorno  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Per Favore  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
scusate  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
arrivederci  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Romanesco  

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

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.90 %  
22

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
14.00 million  
20

Native Name
Русский  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Italiano  

French Name
russe  
italien  

German Name
Russisch  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Italians  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
960 BC  

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

Subgroup
Slavic  
Romance  

Branch
Eastern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Italian  

Language Position
7  
7
27  
23

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
ita  

ISO 639 3
rus  
ita  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
itas  

Glottocode
russ1263  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
51-AAA-q  

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

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Russian and Italian Speaking population

Russian and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. 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 Italian on Russian vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Italian Language Codes

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

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