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Hindi vs Russian


Russian vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
India  
Russia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
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
Central Hindi Directorate  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
10  
7

How Many Consonants
33  
23
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
2
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
3
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
4
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
हिन्दी  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Russki  

French Name
hindi  
russe  

German Name
Hindi  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Russians  

History

Origin
7th Century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Slavic  

Branch
Indic  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
5  
5
7  
7

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
rus  

ISO 639 3
hin  
rus  

ISO 639 6
hins  
Not Available  

Glottocode
hind1269  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Hindi and Russian Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Russian language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century 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 Hindi and Russian Language History.

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

Hindi vs Russian Difficulty

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

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