Russian and Greek

Russian

Greek

Greek and Russian

Countries

Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

National Language

Russia

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Afganistan

Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

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.

Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages

Armenian

Derived From

Proto-Slavic Vocabulary

Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

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Alphabets

Phonology

How Many Vowels

How Many Consonants

Scripts

Cyrillic

Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks

Greetings

Hello

здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)

γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

спасибо(spasibo)

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

Как дела? (Kak dela?)

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

Добрый День(Dobryy Den')

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

Извините(Izvinite)

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

до свидания(do svidaniya)

αντίο (antío)

I Love You

Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

извините(izvinite)

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Doukhobor Russian

Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan

Greece

How Many People Speak

30,000.00

99+

2,800.00

99+

Dialect 2

Olonets

Griko

Where They Speak

Olonets

Italy

How Many People Speak

Not Available

50,000.00

Dialect 3

Novgorod

Mariupol

Where They Speak

Novgorod

Ukraine

Total No. Of Dialects

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

276.00 million

13.00 million

99+

Speaking Population

2.33 %

0.18 %

99+

Native Speakers

166.00 million

13.00 million

99+

Second Language Speakers

110.00 million

Not Available

Native Name

Русский

ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Russki

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

russe

grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Russisch

Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]

[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Russians

Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

1000 AD

1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family, Slavic Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Slavic

Hellenic

Branch

Eastern

Not Available

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old East Slavic

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Standard Russian

Modern Greek

Language Position

99+

Signed Forms

Signed Russian

Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

rus

ell

ISO 639 2/B

rus

gre

ISO 639 3

rus

ell

ISO 639 6

Not Available

ells

Glottocode

russ1263

gree1276

Linguasphere

53-AAA-ea

56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic

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All Russian and Greek 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 Greek dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Greek Speaking population

Russian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Russian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Greek Language Codes

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