Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Russia
Ireland
Second Language
Afganistan
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Foras na Gaeilge
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.
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3318
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2113
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Dia dhuit
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
le do thoil
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
Tá brón orm
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
Slán
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Connacht
How Many People Speak
30,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Olonets
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Olonets
Munster
How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Novgorod
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Ulster
How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
134
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
276.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
2.33 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
166.00 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
110.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Русский
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Russki
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
russe
irlandais moyen
German Name
Russisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Russians
Irish people
Origin
1000 AD
c. 750
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Celtic
Branch
Eastern
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
725
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ru
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
rus
gle
ISO 639 2/B
rus
gle
ISO 639 3
rus
gle
ISO 639 6
rus
gle
Glottocode
russ1263
iris1253
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional