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Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
6  
9

National Language
Russia  
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
South America  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Not Available  

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 widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
26  
16

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Rimaykullayki  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Solpayki  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Allillanchu  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Allin tuta  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Wuynas nuchis  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Wuynas tardis  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Wuynus diyas  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Not Available  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
Pampachaykuway  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
bye  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Kuyayki  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Pampachaway  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Ancash  

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

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
920,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Huánuco  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
190,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Yaru  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
150,000.00  
25

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
8.90 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
Not Available  

Native Name
Русский  
Qhichwa  

Alternative Names
Russki  
North La Paz Quechua  

French Name
russe  
quechua  

German Name
Russisch  
Quechua-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Quechua  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
16th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Quechumaran Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Andean Equatorial  

Branch
Eastern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Quechua  

Language Position
7  
7
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
qu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
que  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
que  

ISO 639 3
rus  
que  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
russ1263  
quec1387  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Russian and Quechua Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Quechua language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Quechua language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Quechua language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Quechua Language History.

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

Russian vs Quechua Difficulty

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

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