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Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Russia  
India  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Oceania  

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  
Central Hindi Directorate  

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Urdu  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
11  
8

How Many Consonants
21  
11
33  
23

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

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

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

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

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

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

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

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

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

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

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Khariboli  

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

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

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

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

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Bundelkhand  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
Русский  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
russe  
hindi  

German Name
Russisch  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
7th Century  

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

Subgroup
Slavic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Eastern  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
7  
7
5  
5

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
hin  

ISO 639 3
rus  
hin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
hins  

Glottocode
russ1263  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Russian and Hindi Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Hindi language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century. 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 Russian and Hindi Language History.

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

Russian vs Hindi Difficulty

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

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