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Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Afganistan   
East Timor, Indonesia   

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   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Malay language   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
19   
9

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Halo   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
maaf   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Sundanese   

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

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
Русский   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
russe   
indonésien   

German Name
Russisch   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Indonesian   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Indonesian   

Language Position
7   
7
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
ind   

ISO 639 3
rus   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Russian and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Indonesian language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Indonesian Language History.

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

Russian vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Russian vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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