Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Israel
National Language
Russia
Israel
Second Language
Afganistan
Israel
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Poland
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Academy of the Hebrew Language
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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
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Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Israel
Dialect 2
Olonets
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Olonets
Israel, Palestine
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Israel
Native Name
Русский
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Russki
Israeli, Ivrit
German Name
Russisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Russians
Hebrew-speaking people
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Eastern
Canaanitic
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Modern Hebrew
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
russ1263
hebr1246
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
12-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Russian and Hebrew 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 Hebrew greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Hebrew language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Hebrew word for "Thank You" is תודה (Toda). Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Hebrew Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Hebrew Difficulty
The Russian vs Hebrew difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and Hebrew 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 Hebrew are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Hebrew, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Hebrew time required is 44 weeks.