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Marathi and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
4  
11

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Israel, Mauritius  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew  
Konkani Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
16  
13

How Many Consonants
28  
18
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  

Thank You
شكرا  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  

Please
من فضلك  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
آسف  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  

Bye
وداعا  
बाय (Bāya)  

I Love You
أحبك  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Maharashtrian Konkani  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Kokan  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
2,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Varhadi  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Vidarbha  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Khandeshi  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Khandesh  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
42  
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
71.00 million  
25

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
1.10 %  
19

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
68.00 million  
16

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
मराठी (marāṭhī)  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  

French Name
arabe  
marathe  

German Name
Arabisch  
Marathi  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Marathi people  

History

Origin
512 CE  
10th century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
North Arabic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Maharashtri Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Marathi  

Language Position
25  
23
17  
15

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
mr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
mar  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
mar  

ISO 639 3
ara  
mar  

ISO 639 6
ara  
mar  

Glottocode
arab1395  
mara1378  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
omr  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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All Arabic and Marathi 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 Arabic and Marathi dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Marathi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Marathi Dialects are spoken in different Marathi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Marathi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani , Varhadi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Marathi Speaking population

Arabic and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. 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 Arabic and Marathi on Arabic vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Marathi Language Codes

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

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