Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Russia
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Afganistan
  
Pakistan
  
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
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Olonets
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Olonets
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Novgorod
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Novgorod
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
276.00 million
  
6
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
166.00 million
  
8
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
110.00 million
  
7
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
Русский
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Russki
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
russe
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Russisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Russians
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ru
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
rus
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
rus
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
rus
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
russ1263
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional