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Russian
Russian
Slovak
Slovak
Slovak and Russian


Countries
Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   
Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
4   
11
National Language
Russia   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   
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   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   
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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Czech Language   
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Czech-Slovak Language   
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Alphabets
33   
15
46   
26
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
10   
7
15   
12
How Many Consonants
21   
11
38   
27
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
44 weeks   
11
Greetings
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Ahoj   
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Ďakujem vám   
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Ako sa máte?   
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Dobrú noc   
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Dobrý večer   
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Dobré popoludnie   
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Dobré ráno   
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Prosím   
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Pardón!   
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Dovidenia   
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Ľúbim Ťa   
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Prepáčte!   
Dialects
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Eastern Slovak   
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   
How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   
Dialect 2
Olonets   
Central Slovak   
Where They Speak
Olonets   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   
Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Western Slovak   
Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   
Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
4   
4
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
5.20 million   
99+
Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   
Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
5.20 million   
99+
Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   
Native Name
Русский   
slovenčina   
Alternative Names
Russki   
Slovakian, Slovencina   
French Name
russe   
slovaque   
German Name
Russisch   
Slowakisch   
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   
Ethnicity
Russians   
Slovaks   
History
Origin
1000 AD   
6th Century   
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   
Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   
Branch
Eastern   
Western   
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Proto-Slavic   
Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Slovak   
Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   
Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   
Scope
Individual   
Individual   
Code
ISO 639 1
ru   
sk   
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
rus   
slk   
ISO 639 2/B
rus   
slo   
ISO 639 3
rus   
slk   
ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   
Glottocode
russ1263   
slov1269   
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
53-AAA-db   
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living   
Living   
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   
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All Russian and Slovak 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 Slovak dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Slovak language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Slovak Dialects are spoken in different Slovak speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Slovak Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak , Central Slovak. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Slovak Speaking population

Russian and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is Not Available. 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 Slovak on Russian vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Slovak Language Codes

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