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Russian and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
4  
11

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Russia  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

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

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
10  
7

How Many Consonants
17  
7
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Cyrillic  

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  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Griko  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
13  
13

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
ελληνικά  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Russki  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
russe  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Russians  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1000 AD  

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

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
74  
99+
7  
7

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
rus  

ISO 639 3
ell  
rus  

ISO 639 6
ells  
rus  

Glottocode
gree1276  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Greek and Russian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Greek and Russian dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Greek and Russian Speaking population

Greek and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Russian on Greek vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Russian Language Codes

Greek and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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