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Meithei and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
India, Manipur  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Russia  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  

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.
  
  • Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
  • The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
15  
5

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Khurumjari  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Yamna nungaijare  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Athengba Ahing  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
মানিপুরি  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Nongale haugatl  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Chanbiduna  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
Saobiganu  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Chatcharage  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Eina nangbu nungsi  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
দুঃখিত  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Loi  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Burma, Laos  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Pangal  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
273,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Meithei proper  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
1,250,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
1.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
1.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Русский  
মৈইতৈইলোন  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna  

French Name
russe  
Meithei  

German Name
Russisch  
Meithei  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[ˈmeɪteɪ]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Meithei people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1700  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Standard Meithei  

Language Position
7  
7
38  
35

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Meithei Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
mni  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
mni  

ISO 639 3
rus  
mni  

ISO 639 6
rus  
mni  

Glottocode
russ1263  
mani1292  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
omp  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

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

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Russian and Meithei Speaking population

Russian and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 %. 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 Meithei on Russian vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Meithei Language Codes

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

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