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Russian vs Tagalog


Tagalog vs Russian


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   
Not Available   

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   
11
44 weeks   
11

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+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Bisalog   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Philippines   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Filipino   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

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 %   
32

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
45.00 million   
13

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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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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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