1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Russia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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1.8 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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
1.9 Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Mhoro
3.2 Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Waita zvako
3.3 How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Manheru
3.6 Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Masikati
3.7 Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Mangwanani
3.8 Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Ndinokumbirawo
3.9 Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
Ndineurombo
3.10 Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
bye
3.11 I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Pamusoro
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Zimbabwe
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
30,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Olonets
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Novgorod
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
276.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
166.00 million8.30 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
110.00 millionNA
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Russki
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
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5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old East Slavic
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6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Not Available
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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