Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
France, Spain
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
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- 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
Spanish
Konkani Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2752
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
516
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2136
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks4 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Kaixo
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
Gabon
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
Egun on
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
Mesedez
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Barkatu
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
Agur
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
Maite zaitut
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
Barkatu
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
France
Kokan
How Many People Speak
68,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Souletin
Varhadi
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
8,700.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Spain
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
750,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
642
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.20 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Euskara
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
basque
marathe
German Name
Baskisch
Marathi
Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Basque people
Marathi people
Origin
c. 1000
10th century
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Basque
Marathi
Language Position
3017
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
eu
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eus
mar
ISO 639 2/B
baq
mar
ISO 639 3
eus
mar
ISO 639 6
eus
mar
Glottocode
basq1248
mara1378
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-