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Russian and Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
4   
11

National Language
India   
Russia   

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Konkani Language   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200   
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
10   
7

How Many Consonants
36   
26
21   
11

Scripts
Devanagari   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

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

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
बाय (Bāya)   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani   
Doukhobor Russian   

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

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00   
23
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Varhadi   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Vidarbha   
Olonets   

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Khandeshi   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Khandesh   
Novgorod   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
42   
29
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million   
25
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
1.10 %   
18
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
68.00 million   
16
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million   
32
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   
Russki   

French Name
marathe   
russe   

German Name
Marathi   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Marathi people   
Russians   

History

Origin
10th century   
1000 AD   

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

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Slavic   

Branch
Indic   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Marathi   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
17   
15
7   
7

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mr   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
mar   
rus   

ISO 639 3
mar   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mara1378   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
omr   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Marathi and Russian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Marathi and Russian dialects. Various dialects of Marathi and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Marathi are spoken in different Marathi Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Marathi vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani, Varhadi. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Marathi and Russian Speaking population

Marathi and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Marathi and Russian on Marathi vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Russian Language Codes

Marathi and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Marathi and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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