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Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
4   
11

National Language
Russia   
Andra Pradesh, India   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Karnataka   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh   

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.
  
  • Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
  • Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Tamil   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
60   
35

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
19   
16

How Many Consonants
21   
11
41   
30

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Telugu Script   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
హలో (Halō)   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)   

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

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
బై (Bai)   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Waddar   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
170,000.00   
39

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Chenchu   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Manna-Dora   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
32

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
38   
28

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
80.00 million   
20

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
1.15 %   
15

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Русский   
తెలుగు (telugu)   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan   

French Name
russe   
télougou   

German Name
Russisch   
Telugu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Telugu people   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
c. 575   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Early Telugu epigraphy   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Telugu   

Language Position
7   
7
15   
14

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
te   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
tel   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
tel   

ISO 639 3
rus   
tel   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
telu1262   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Russian and Telugu Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Telugu language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Telugu language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575. 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 Telugu Language History.

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

Russian vs Telugu Difficulty

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

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