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Russian and Maithili


Maithili and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Russia  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Nepal  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
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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.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
pranam  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Suprabhaat  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
kripaya  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
maf karai  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Tharuwat  

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

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
North India  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
Русский  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
russe  
maithili  

German Name
Russisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Maithil  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
14th century  

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

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
7  
7
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
mai  

ISO 639 3
rus  
mai  

ISO 639 6
rus  
mai  

Glottocode
russ1263  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
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All Russian and Maithili 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 Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Maithili Speaking population

Russian and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Russian vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Maithili Language Codes

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

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