Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
National Language
China, Taiwan
India
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
Not Available
Konkani Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Kokan
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Vidarbha
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Khandesh
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
chinois
marathe
German Name
Chinesisch
Marathi
Pronunciation
Not Available
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Han
Marathi people
Origin
1250 BC
10th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Marathi
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
mara1378
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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Chinese 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 Chinese and Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Marathi language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Marathi Difficulty
The Chinese vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.