Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
United States of America
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
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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)
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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
Not Available
Dialect 2
Olonets
Navajo2
Where They Speak
Olonets
New Mexico
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Navajo3
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Utah
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Russki
Navaho
German Name
Russisch
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
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Ethnicity
Russians
Navajo people
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Athapascan
Branch
Eastern
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Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Navajo
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
russ1263
nava1243
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
Russian and Navajo 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 Navajo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Navajo language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Navajo word for "Thank You" is Ahéhee'. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Navajo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Navajo Difficulty
The Russian vs Navajo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and Navajo 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 Navajo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Navajo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Navajo time required is 88 weeks.