Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
United States of America
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Russia
United States of America
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
North 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
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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.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Apache Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3336
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1012
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2134
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
Nízhdził
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
Hágoónee’
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Shoohá
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Navajo1
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Arizona
How Many People Speak
30,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Olonets
Navajo2
Where They Speak
Olonets
New Mexico
How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00170,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Novgorod
Navajo3
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Utah
How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00120,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
134
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
276.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
2.33 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
166.00 million1.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
110.00 million0.17 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Русский
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Russki
Navaho
French Name
russe
navaho
German Name
Russisch
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
Ethnicity
Russians
Navajo people
Origin
1000 AD
1500 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Athapascan
Branch
Eastern
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Navajo
Language Position
729
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ru
nv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
rus
nav
ISO 639 2/B
rus
nav
ISO 639 3
rus
nav
ISO 639 6
rus
nav
Glottocode
russ1263
nava1243
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic