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Russian vs Hebrew


Hebrew vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Israel   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
Israel   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Israel   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Poland   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Academy of the Hebrew Language   

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.
  
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Arabic and Aramaic languages   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Aramaic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
22   
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
0   

How Many Consonants
21   
11
22   
12

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Hebrew   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
שלום (Shalom)   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
תודה (Toda)   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
לילה טוב (Laila tov)   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
ערב טוב (Erev tov)   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
בבקשה (bevekshah)   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
סליחה! (Slicha)   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
להתראות (Lehitraot)   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
בבקשה!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Ashkenazi Hebrew   

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

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Samaritan Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Israel, Palestine   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Yemenite Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Israel   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
9.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
4.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
5.60 million   
27

Native Name
Русский   
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Israeli, Ivrit   

French Name
russe   
hébreu   

German Name
Russisch   
Hebräisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
1000 BC   

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

Subgroup
Slavic   
Semitic   

Branch
Eastern   
Canaanitic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Modern Hebrew   

Language Position
7   
7
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Signed Hebrew   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
he   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
heb   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
heb   

ISO 639 3
rus   
heb   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
hebr1246   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
12-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Russian and Hebrew Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Hebrew language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Hebrew language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Hebrew language states that this language originated in 1000 BC. 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 Hebrew Language History.

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

Russian vs Hebrew Difficulty

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

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