Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Russia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- 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.
Similar To
Czech Language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Ahoj
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Dobrú noc
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Prosím
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
Pardón!
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Dovidenia
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Olonets
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Olonets
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Novgorod
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
slovenčina
Русский
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Russki
French Name
slovaque
russe
German Name
Slowakisch
Russisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Russians
Origin
6th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Slovak
Standard Russian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
slov1269
russ1263
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Slovak and Russian 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 Slovak and Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Russian language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Russian Difficulty
The Slovak vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak Alphabets and Russian 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 Slovak and Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.