Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
Russia
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia
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
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
مرحبا
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
شكرا
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
مساء الخير
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
صباح الخير
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
من فضلك
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
آسف
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
وداعا
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
أحبك
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Olonets
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Olonets
Sudan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Levantine
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Cyprus, Levant
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Russki
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
German Name
Russisch
Arabisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Branch
Eastern
North Arabic
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
arab1395
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic