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Russian vs Maithili


Maithili vs 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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Russian and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Maithili language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th 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 Maithili Language History.

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Russian and Maithili 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 Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Maithili language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Russian vs Maithili Difficulty

The Russian vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and Maithili 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 Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is 44 weeks.

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