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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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