Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
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 in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Kokan
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Germany
Vidarbha
Dialect 3
Texas German
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Texas
Khandesh
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
Origin
6th Century AD
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Marathi
Signed Forms
Signed German
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
mara1378
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
omr
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
German 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 German and Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Marathi language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common German Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs Marathi Difficulty
The German vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.