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Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Russia  
Philippines  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
18  
8

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Baybayin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Kamusta  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
pakiusap  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Paálam  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
Русский  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
russe  
tagalog  

German Name
Russisch  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1593  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Indonesian  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Filipino  

Language Position
7  
7
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Signed Tagalog  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
rus  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
rus  
tgl  

Glottocode
russ1263  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Russian and Tagalog Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Tagalog language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Tagalog language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593. 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 Tagalog Language History.

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

Russian vs Tagalog Difficulty

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

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