Home
Languagevs


Marathi and Russian


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  

Summary >>
<< Code

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.

Compare Easiest Languages to Learn

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.

Easiest Languages to Learn

Easiest Languages to Learn

» More Easiest Languages to Learn

Compare Easiest Languages to Learn

» More Compare Easiest Languages to Learn