Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Russia
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Afganistan
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Dialect 2
Olonets
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Olonets
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Novgorod
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Novgorod
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
276.00 million
  
6
49.00 million
  
29
Native Speakers
166.00 million
  
8
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
110.00 million
  
7
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
Русский
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Russki
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
russe
  
kannada
  
German Name
Russisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Russians
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
  
Modern Kannada
  
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ru
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
rus
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
rus
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
rus
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
russ1263
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available