Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
India, Nepal
National Language
Russia
India, Nepal
Second Language
Afganistan
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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Alphabets in
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How Many Consonants
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
pranam
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Suprabhaat
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
kripaya
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
maf karai
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
Alavidā
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
kripaya
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Olonets
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Olonets
North India
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Khortha
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Deoghar, France
Native Name
Русский
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Russki
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
russe
maithili
German Name
Russisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
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Ethnicity
Russians
Maithil
Origin
1000 AD
14th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
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Branch
Eastern
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Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Standard Maithili
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ru
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
russ1263
mait1250
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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All Russian and Maithili 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 Russian and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Russian and Maithili Speaking population
Russian and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Russian and Maithili on Russian vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Russian and Maithili Language Codes
Russian and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.