Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Russia
France
Second Language
Afganistan
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Italian Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
bonjour
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Merci
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Bonjour
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
S'il vous plaît
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
désolé
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
au revoir
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Dialect 2
Olonets
African French
Where They Speak
Olonets
Africa
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
français
Alternative Names
Russki
Français
French Name
russe
français
German Name
Russisch
Französisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Russians
Not Available
Origin
1000 AD
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Eastern
Not Available
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Standard French
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
russ1263
stan1290
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Russian and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and French language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs French Difficulty
The Russian vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.