1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
1.7 Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
1.8 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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
1.9 Similar To
Konkani Language
Kurdish and Persian
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Devanagari
Perso-Arabic script
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
mana bebahgsh
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
chone tao?
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
jawáin shap
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
jawáin begáh
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
jawáin sawáh
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Mihrabani kan
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
bebaksh / bebagsh
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Tu mana doost biyeh
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
mana bebahgsh
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Eastern Balochi
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Southern Balochi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Khandesh
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,900,000.003,400,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
71.00 million7.60 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million7.60 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Baluchi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Marathi people
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
6 History
6.1 Origin
10th century
19th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available