Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
Russia
Ethiopia
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
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
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Not Available
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
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Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Selam
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
i'bakwon
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
aznallehu
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
tschao
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Gondar
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Gondar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Olonets
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Olonets
Ethiopia
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Ethiopia
Native Name
Русский
Not Available
Alternative Names
Russki
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
russe
amharique
German Name
Russisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Russians
Amharas
Origin
1000 AD
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Amharic
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
amha1245
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
All Russian and Amharic 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 Russian and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Russian and Amharic Speaking population
Russian and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Russian and Amharic on Russian vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Russian and Amharic Language Codes
Russian and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.