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Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
Philippines   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Philippines   

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters   

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.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Hiligaynon Language   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Island of Cebu   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
16   
6

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
3 weeks   
1

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Hoy   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Salamat   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Kumusta man ka?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Maayong Hapon   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Maayong Buntag   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Palihug   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Ikasubo ko   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Babay   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Gihigugma ko ikaw   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Ekskyus mi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Boholano   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Bohol   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Southern Kana   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
southern Leyte   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
North Kana   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
northern part of Leyte   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
Not Available   

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
14.50 million   
19

Native Name
Русский   
Visayan   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan   

French Name
russe   
cebuano   

German Name
Russisch   
Cebuano   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Cebuano people   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
16th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Standard Cebuano   

Language Position
7   
7
62   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
ceb   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
ceb   

ISO 639 3
rus   
ceb   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
cebu1242   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Russian and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Cebuano language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th century. 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 Cebuano Language History.

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Russian and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Cebuano language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Russian vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Russian vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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