Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
National Language
Russia
  
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
Second Language
Afganistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
  
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
  
Kangean
  
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 2
Olonets
  
Bawean
  
Where They Speak
Olonets
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
Novgorod
  
Bangkalan
  
Where They Speak
Novgorod
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak?
276.00 million
  
6
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
166.00 million
  
8
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
110.00 million
  
7
Not Available
  
Native Name
Русский
  
Madurese
  
Alternative Names
Russki
  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
French Name
russe
  
madourais
  
German Name
Russisch
  
Maduresisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Russians
  
Madurese
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
  
Madurese
  
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ru
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
rus
  
mad
  
ISO 639 2/B
rus
  
mad
  
ISO 639 3
rus
  
mad
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
russ1263
  
madu1247
  
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