Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
National Language
Russia
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Second Language
Afganistan
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
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.
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
French and Portuguese Languages
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)
ciao
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
grazie
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Come stai?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
buonanotte
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
buonasera
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
buon pomeriggio
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
buongiorno
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Per Favore
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
scusate
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
arrivederci
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Ti amo
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Scusami
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Romanesco
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Lazio
Dialect 2
Olonets
Central Italian
Where They Speak
Olonets
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Tuscan
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Native Name
Русский
Italiano
Alternative Names
Russki
Italiano
French Name
russe
italien
German Name
Russisch
Italienisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[itaˈljaːno]
Ethnicity
Russians
Italians
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Eastern
Not Available
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Italian
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
itas
Glottocode
russ1263
ital1282
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
51-AAA-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Russian and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Italian language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Italian Difficulty
The Russian vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.