Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
National Language
Russia
India
Second Language
Afganistan
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
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
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Konkani Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Kokan
Dialect 2
Olonets
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Olonets
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Russki
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
russe
marathe
German Name
Russisch
Marathi
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Russians
Marathi people
Origin
1000 AD
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Marathi
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
mara1378
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
omr
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Russian and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Marathi language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Marathi Difficulty
The Russian vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.
