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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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