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Marathi and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
4  
11

National Language
Germany  
India  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Israel, Mauritius  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Konkani Language  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
16  
13

How Many Consonants
9  
1
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  

Thank You
Danke  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  

Please
bitte  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  

Bye
Tschüs  
बाय (Bāya)  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Maharashtrian Konkani  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Kokan  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
2,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Varhadi  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Vidarbha  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Khandeshi  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Khandesh  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
42  
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
71.00 million  
25

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
1.10 %  
19

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
68.00 million  
16

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Deutsch  
मराठी (marāṭhī)  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  

French Name
allemand  
marathe  

German Name
Deutsch  
Marathi  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Marathi people  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
10th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Western  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Maharashtri Prakrit  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Marathi  

Language Position
9  
9
17  
15

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
mr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
mar  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
mar  

ISO 639 3
deu  
mar  

ISO 639 6
deus  
mar  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
mara1378  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
omr  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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German and Marathi Speaking population

German and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of German and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Marathi on German vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Marathi Language Codes

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

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