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Arabic vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
23  
4

National Language
Russia  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, 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  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Arabic.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
28  
18

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
مرحبا  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
صباح الخير  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
من فضلك  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
آسف  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
وداعا  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
17,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
21,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
Русский  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
russe  
arabe  

German Name
Russisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Arabs  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
512 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Semitic  

Branch
Eastern  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
7  
7
25  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
ara  

ISO 639 3
rus  
ara  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
russ1263  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Russian and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Arabic language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Russian and Arabic Language History.

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Russian and Arabic Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Russian and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Arabic language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Russian vs Arabic Difficulty

The Russian vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and Arabic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Russian and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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