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Slovene vs Russian


Russian vs Slovene


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • 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
Serbo-Croatian  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Hvala  
спасибо(spasibo)  

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

Good Night
Lahko noč  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
Dober večer  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
Dober dan  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
Prosim  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
Nasvidenje  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

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

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene  
Doukhobor Russian  

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

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

Dialect 2
Resian  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Olonets  

Dialect 3
Styrian  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Slovenia  
Novgorod  

Total No. Of Dialects
48  
31
13  
13

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Not available  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina  
Russki  

French Name
slovène  
russe  

German Name
Slowenisch  
Russisch  

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

Ethnicity
Slovenes  
Russians  

History

Origin
972-1093  
1000 AD  

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

Subgroup
Not Available  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Slovene  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
Not Available  
7  
7

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sl  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
slv  
rus  

ISO 639 3
slv  
rus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
slov1268  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Slovene and Russian Language History

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

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

Slovene vs Russian Difficulty

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

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