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Russian vs Slovak


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Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11

National Language
Russia  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Czech Language  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
15  
12

How Many Consonants
21  
11
38  
27

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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)  
Ahoj  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Dobré ráno  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Prosím  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
Pardón!  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Dovidenia  

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

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
Not Available  

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
Not Available  

Native Name
Русский  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
russe  
slovaque  

German Name
Russisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
6th Century  

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

Subgroup
Slavic  
Slavic  

Branch
Eastern  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Slovak  

Language Position
7  
7
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
slo  

ISO 639 3
rus  
slk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
russ1263  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Russian and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Slovak language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak Language History.

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

Russian vs Slovak Difficulty

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

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