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Russian and Japanese


Japanese and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
Japan   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Pacific   

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

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
14   
4

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Kana   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Sanuki   

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

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Fukuoka   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
kansai   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
128.00 million   
9

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Not Available   

French Name
russe   
japonais   

German Name
Russisch   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
1185   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Japanese   

Language Position
7   
7
8   
8

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
rus   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Russian and Japanese Speaking population

Russian and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Russian vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Japanese Language Codes

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

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