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Hebrew and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Israel  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Russia  
Israel  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Israel  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Asia, Europe  

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

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Academy of the Hebrew Language  

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.
  
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Arabic and Aramaic languages  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Aramaic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
22  
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
0  

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Hebrew  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
שלום (Shalom)  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
תודה (Toda)  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
בבקשה (bevekshah)  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
סליחה! (Slicha)  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
להתראות (Lehitraot)  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
בבקשה!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Ashkenazi Hebrew  

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

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Samaritan Hebrew  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Israel, Palestine  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Yemenite Hebrew  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Israel  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
7  
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
4.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
5.60 million  
99+

Native Name
Русский  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Israeli, Ivrit  

French Name
russe  
hébreu  

German Name
Russisch  
Hebräisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Hebrew-speaking people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1000 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Semitic  

Branch
Eastern  
Canaanitic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Modern Hebrew  

Language Position
7  
7
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Signed Hebrew  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
he  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
heb  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
heb  

ISO 639 3
rus  
heb  

ISO 639 6
rus  
heb  

Glottocode
russ1263  
hebr1246  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
12-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Russian and Hebrew Speaking population

Russian and Hebrew speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Hebrew languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Hebrew Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is 0.11 %. 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 Hebrew on Russian vs Hebrew where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Hebrew Language Codes

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

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