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Russian and Italian


Italian and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
7   
8

National Language
Russia   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

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   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
16   
6

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
ciao   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
grazie   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Come stai?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
buongiorno   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Per Favore   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
scusate   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
arrivederci   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Romanesco   

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

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
Русский   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Italiano   

French Name
russe   
italien   

German Name
Russisch   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Italians   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
960 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Romance   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Italian   

Language Position
7   
7
27   
23

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
ita   

ISO 639 3
rus   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
russ1263   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Russian and Italian Speaking population

Russian and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. 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 Italian on Russian vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Italian Language Codes

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

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