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Russian vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
East Asia, European Union, South America   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
3   
12

National Language
Russia   
East Asia, European Union   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe, South America   

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   
Akademio de Esperanto   

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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
27   
17

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Halo   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Dankon   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Kiel vi sanas?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Bonan nokton   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Bonan vesperon   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Bonan posttagmezon   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Bonan matenon   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Mi petas   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Mi bedaŭras!   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Ĝis poste   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Mi amas vin   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Pardonu!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Not present   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Not present   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Not present   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
0   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
0.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Русский   
Esperanto   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia   

French Name
russe   
espéranto   

German Name
Russisch   
Esperanto   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[espeˈranto]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
1887   

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

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Proto-Esperanto   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Esperanto   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Signuno   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
eo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
epo   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
epo   

ISO 639 3
rus   
epo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
espe1235   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
51-AAB-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Constructed   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Russian and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Esperanto language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

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Russian and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Esperanto language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Russian vs Esperanto Difficulty

The Russian vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

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