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Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Russia  
Philippines  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

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.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Hiligaynon Language  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Island of Cebu  

Alphabets

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Hoy  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Salamat  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Kumusta man ka?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Maayong Hapon  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Maayong Buntag  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Palihug  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Babay  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Boholano  

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

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
southern Leyte  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
21,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
northern part of Leyte  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
14.50 million  
35

Native Name
Русский  
Visayan  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  

French Name
russe  
cebuano  

German Name
Russisch  
Cebuano  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[sɛbuˈɑno]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Cebuano people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
16th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
7  
7
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Cebuano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
rus  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
rus  
ceb  

Glottocode
russ1263  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Russian and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Cebuano language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Russian and Cebuano Language History.

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Russian and Cebuano Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Russian and Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Cebuano language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Russian vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Russian vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and Cebuano Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Russian and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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