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Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
4   
11

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

Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
16   
13

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Maharashtrian Konkani   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Kokan   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
2,400,000.00   
23

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Varhadi   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Vidarbha   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Khandeshi   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Khandesh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
42   
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
71.00 million   
25

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
1.10 %   
18

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
68.00 million   
16

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
3.00 million   
32

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   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
10th 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   
Maharashtri Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Marathi   

Language Position
7   
7
17   
15

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
mr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
mar   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
mar   

ISO 639 3
rus   
mar   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
mara1378   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
omr   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Russian and Marathi Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Marathi language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Marathi language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th 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 Marathi Language History.

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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.

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