Home
Languagevs


Uzbek vs Russian


Russian vs Uzbek


Countries

Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan  
Russia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
-  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
  • In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  
  • 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
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
24  
14
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salom  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Rakhmat  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Qalay siz?  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
Hayirli tun  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
Hayirli kech  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
Hayirli kun  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
Hayirli tong  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
Iltimos  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
Kechiring!  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
Xayr  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Sizni sevaman  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Iltimos! Menga qarang  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tashkent  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
-  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
32,000,000.00  
23
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Afghan  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
-  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
32,000,000.00  
21
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Ferghana  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
-  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
32,000,000.00  
18
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.39 %  
36
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
26.00 million  
31
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
32.00 million  
25
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Russki  

French Name
ouszbek  
russe  

German Name
Usbekisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[oʻzbek]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Uzbek  
Russians  

History

Origin
9th–12th centuries AD  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Slavic  

Branch
Southestern(Chagatai)  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Chagatay  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Uzbek  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
53  
99+
7  
7

Signed Forms
Signed Uzbek  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uz  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uzb  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
uzb  
rus  

ISO 639 3
uzb  
rus  

ISO 639 6
uzb  
rus  

Glottocode
uzbe1247  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

Countries >>
<< All

Uzbek and Russian Language History

Comparison of Uzbek vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Uzbek and Russian language. History of Uzbek language states that this language originated in 9th–12th centuries AD whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Uzbek and Russian Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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

Uzbek vs Russian Difficulty

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

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages