1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
3.3 National Language
India
3.4 Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
3.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
3.6 Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
3.7 Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
3.8 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.
3.9 Similar To
Konkani Language
3.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
4 Alphabets
4.1 Alphabets in
4.2 Alphabets
4.4 Phonology
4.4.1 How Many Vowels
5.3.4 How Many Consonants
6.8 Scripts
Devanagari
6.9 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
6.10 Hard to Learn
6.10.1 Language Levels
7.1.1 Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks
Rank: 2 (Overall) ▶
3
88
8 Greetings
8.1 Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
8.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
8.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
8.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
8.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
8.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
8.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
8.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
8.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
8.10 Bye
बाय (Bāya)
8.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
8.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
9 Dialects
9.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
9.1.1 Where They Speak
Kokan
9.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
Rank: 23 (Overall) ▶
1.5
960000000
9.2 Dialect 2
Varhadi
9.2.1 Where They Speak
Vidarbha
9.2.2 How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
Rank: 12 (Overall) ▶
700
80000000
9.4 Dialect 3
Khandeshi
9.4.1 Where They Speak
Khandesh
9.4.2 How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
Rank: 15 (Overall) ▶
1400
96000000
9.5 Total No. Of Dialects
12 How Many People Speak
12.1 How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
Rank: 25 (Overall) ▶
0.13
1200
12.2 Speaking Population
1.10 %
Rank: 18 (Overall) ▶
0.11
89
12.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million
Rank: 16 (Overall) ▶
0.13
873
12.3.1 Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
Rank: 32 (Overall) ▶
0.01
400
12.3.2 Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
12.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
12.3.4 French Name
marathe
12.3.5 German Name
Marathi
12.4 Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
12.5 Ethnicity
Marathi people
13 History
13.1 Origin
10th century
13.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
13.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
13.2.2 Branch
Indic
13.3 Language Forms
13.3.1 Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
13.3.2 Standard Forms
Marathi
13.3.3 Language Position
13.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
13.4 Scope
Individual
14 Code
14.1 ISO 639 1
mr
14.2 ISO 639 2
14.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mar
14.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
mar
14.3 ISO 639 3
mar
14.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
14.5 Glottocode
mara1378
14.6 Linguasphere
omr
14.7 Types of Language
14.7.1 Language Type
Living
14.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
14.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available