Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Russia
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Latin
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ciao
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
grazie
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Come stai?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
buonanotte
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
buonasera
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
buongiorno
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Per Favore
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
scusate
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
arrivederci
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Ti amo
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Scusami
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Lazio
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Dialect 2
Central Italian
Olonets
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Olonets
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tuscan
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Novgorod
Native Name
Italiano
Русский
Alternative Names
Italiano
Russki
French Name
italien
russe
German Name
Italienisch
Russisch
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Italians
Russians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Branch
Not Available
Eastern
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Italian
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
itas
Not Available
Glottocode
ital1282
russ1263
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Italian 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 Italian and Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Russian language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Russian Difficulty
The Italian vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.