Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
United States of America
  
National Language
Russia
  
United States of America
  
Second Language
Afganistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
North America
  
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.
  
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
  
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
  
Apache Language
  
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
  
Yá'át'ééh
  
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
  
Ahéhee'
  
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
  
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
  
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
  
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
  
Yá'át'ééh
  
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
  
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
  
T'aa shoodi
  
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
  
Not available
  
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
  
Hágoónee’
  
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
  
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
  
Shoohá
  
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
  
Navajo1
  
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
Arizona
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Olonets
  
Navajo2
  
Where They Speak
Olonets
  
New Mexico
  
Dialect 3
Novgorod
  
Navajo3
  
Where They Speak
Novgorod
  
Utah
  
How Many People Speak?
276.00 million
  
6
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
166.00 million
  
8
1.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
110.00 million
  
7
Not Available
  
Native Name
Русский
  
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
Alternative Names
Russki
  
Navaho
  
French Name
russe
  
navaho
  
German Name
Russisch
  
Navajo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Russians
  
Navajo people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
1500 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
  
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Athapascan
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
  
Navajo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
  
Navajo Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ru
  
nv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
rus
  
nav
  
ISO 639 2/B
rus
  
nav
  
ISO 639 3
rus
  
nav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
russ1263
  
nava1243
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic