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Meithei and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
India, Manipur   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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   
Assam, Manipur, Tripura   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
  • The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
15   
5

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Bengali   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Khurumjari   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Yamna nungaijare   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Athengba Ahing   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Nongale haugatl   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Chanbiduna   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Saobiganu   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Chatcharage   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Eina nangbu nungsi   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Loi   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Burma, Laos   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Pangal   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
273,000.00   
32

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Meithei proper   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,250,000.00   
19

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
1.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
1.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
মৈইতৈইলোন   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna   

French Name
russe   
Meithei   

German Name
Russisch   
Meithei   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Meithei people   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
1700   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Standard Meithei   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
mni   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
mni   

ISO 639 3
rus   
mni   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
mani1292   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
omp   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Russian and Meithei 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 Meithei dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Meithei language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Meithei Dialects are spoken in different Meithei speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Meithei Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Meithei dialects include: Loi , Pangal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Meithei Speaking population

Russian and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available. 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 Meithei on Russian vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Meithei Language Codes

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

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