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Countries

Countries

Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra

Total No. Of Countries

324
0 46
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National Language

France
India

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana

Speaking Continents

Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Israel, Mauritius

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad

Interesting Facts

  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  • 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

Italian Language
Konkani Language

Derived From

Latin
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2652
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

616
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2036
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Devanagari

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks4 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
हॅलो (Hĕlō)

Thank You

Merci
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)

Good Night

bonne Nuit
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)

Good Evening

bonsoir
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)

Good Morning

Bonjour
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)

Please

S'il vous plaît
कृपया (Kr̥payā)

Sorry

désolé
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)

Bye

au revoir
बाय (Bāya)

I Love You

Je t'aime
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Maharashtrian Konkani

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Kokan

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.002,400,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Varhadi

Where They Speak

Africa
Vidarbha

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.007,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Khandeshi

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Khandesh

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.001,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2542
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million71.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %1.10 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million68.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
मराठी (marāṭhī)

Alternative Names

Français
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu

French Name

français
marathe

German Name

Französisch
Marathi

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]

Ethnicity

French people
Marathi people

History

Origin

9th Century
10th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
Maharashtri Prakrit

Standard Forms

Standard French
Marathi

Language Position

1317
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Indian Signing System (ISS)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
mr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
mar

ISO 639 2/B

fre
mar

ISO 639 3

fra
mar

ISO 639 6

fras
mar

Glottocode

stan1290
mara1378

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
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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French and Marathi Alphabets

French and Marathi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Marathi. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Marathi Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn French and Marathi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Marathi languages. The French phonology consist French vowels and French consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at French greetings vs Marathi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Marathi are Most Spoken Languages.

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

French and Marathi Speaking population

French and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of French and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Marathi on French vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Marathi Language Codes

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