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Russian vs Kannada


Kannada vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
India, Karnataka, India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Russia  
Karnataka, India  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Goa  

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  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka  

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.
  
  • Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
  • Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Telugu  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
49  
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
14  
11

How Many Consonants
21  
11
35  
25

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Kannada Script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
ಬೈ (Bai)  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Badaga  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
540,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Urali  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
kerala  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
6,440.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Kurumba  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
220,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
49.00 million  
29

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.58 %  
28

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
11.00 million  
39

Native Name
Русский  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi  

French Name
russe  
kannada  

German Name
Russisch  
Kannada  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Kannadiga  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
c. 450  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Old Kannada, Kannada  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Modern Kannada  

Language Position
7  
7
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
kn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
kan  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
kan  

ISO 639 3
rus  
kan  

ISO 639 6
rus  
kan  

Glottocode
russ1263  
nucl1305  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Russian and Kannada Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Kannada language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Kannada language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Kannada language states that this language originated in c. 450. 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 Kannada Language History.

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

Russian vs Kannada Difficulty

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

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