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