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Arabic vs Marathi


Marathi vs 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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Arabic and Marathi Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Marathi language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Marathi language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th 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 Arabic and Marathi Language History.

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Arabic and Marathi 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 Arabic and Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Marathi language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Arabic vs Marathi Difficulty

The Arabic vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Marathi 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 Arabic and Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.

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