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Slovene vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
European Union, Slovenia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Russia  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  

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  
Austria, Hungary, Italy  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  

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.
  
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Serbo-Croatian  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Halo  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Kako se imate?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Lahko noč  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Dober večer  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Dober dan  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Dobro jutro  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Prosim  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
Oprostite  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Nasvidenje  

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

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Prekmurje Slovene  

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

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Resian  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Italy  

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Styrian  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Slovenia  

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
48  
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
Not Available  

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
Not Available  

Native Name
Русский  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Slovenian, Slovenscina  

French Name
russe  
slovène  

German Name
Russisch  
Slowenisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Slovenes  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
972-1093  

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

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Eastern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Slovene  

Language Position
7  
7
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
sl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
slv  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
slv  

ISO 639 3
rus  
slv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
russ1263  
slov1268  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
53-AAA-f  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Russian and Slovene Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Slovene language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. 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 Slovene Language History.

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

Russian vs Slovene Difficulty

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

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