Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
India, Manipur
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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)
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Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
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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)
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Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Loi
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Burma, Laos
Where They Speak
Olonets
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Novgorod
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
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Speaking Population
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Second Language Speakers
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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]
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Ethnicity
Russians
Meithei people
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Eastern
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Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Standard Meithei
Language Position
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Signed Forms
Signed Russian
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
ru
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
russ1263
mani1292
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
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Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Russian and Meithei 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 Meithei greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Meithei language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Meithei word for "Thank You" is Yamna nungaijare. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Meithei Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Meithei Difficulty
The Russian vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and Meithei 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 Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.