Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
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 in
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Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
  
Doukhobor Russian
  
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
Dialect 2
Olonets
  
Olonets
  
Where They Speak
Olonets
  
Olonets
  
Dialect 3
Novgorod
  
Novgorod
  
Where They Speak
Novgorod
  
Novgorod
  
How Many People Speak?
276.00 million
  
6
276.00 million
  
6
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
  
Signed Russian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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