Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
Russia
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
Afganistan
  
Karnataka
  
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
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
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.
  
- Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
- Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
  
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
  
Tamil
  
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Telugu Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
Dialect 2
Olonets
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
Olonets
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Novgorod
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Novgorod
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
276.00 million
  
6
80.00 million
  
20
Native Speakers
166.00 million
  
8
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
110.00 million
  
7
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Русский
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Russki
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
russe
  
télougou
  
German Name
Russisch
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Russians
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
c. 575
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
  
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
  
Telugu
  
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ru
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
rus
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
rus
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
rus
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
russ1263
  
telu1262
  
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
  
Not Available