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Slovene and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
European Union, Slovenia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Russia  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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  
Austria, Hungary, Italy  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  

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 Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Serbo-Croatian  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Halo  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Kako se imate?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Lahko noč  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Dober večer  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Dober dan  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Dobro jutro  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Prosim  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
Oprostite  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Nasvidenje  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Ljubim te  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Prekmurje Slovene  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Hungary, Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Resian  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Styrian  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
48  
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Русский  
Slovenščina  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Slovenian, Slovenscina  

French Name
russe  
slovène  

German Name
Russisch  
Slowenisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Slovenes  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
972-1093  

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

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Slovene  

Language Position
7  
7
28  
26

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Slovene Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
sl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
slv  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
slv  

ISO 639 3
rus  
slv  

ISO 639 6
rus  
slv  

Glottocode
russ1263  
slov1268  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
53-AAA-f  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Russian and Slovene Speaking population

Russian and Slovene speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Slovene languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Slovene Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovene language is 0.03 %. 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 Slovene on Russian vs Slovene where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Slovene Language Codes

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

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