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Russian vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
4   
11

National Language
Russia   
Russia   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

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

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

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
спасибо(spasibo)   

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

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

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

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Doukhobor Russian   

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

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

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
Русский   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Russki   

French Name
russe   
russe   

German Name
Russisch   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Russians   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Eastern   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
7   
7
7   
7

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
rus   

ISO 639 3
rus   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Russian and Russian Language History

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

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

Russian vs Russian Difficulty

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

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