Countries
Countries
Nigeria
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
India
Second Language
Nigeria
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
-
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
- 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
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Konkani Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4452
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1216
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3236
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
sannu
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
gode ku
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
yaya dai
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
mai kyau dare
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
barka da yamma
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
Don Allah
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
yi hakuri
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
sai anjima
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
Ina son ku
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
gafara dai
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Ghana
Kokan
How Many People Speak
50,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Niger
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
150,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Daragaram
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Niger
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
50.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2042
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.52 %1.10 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
35.00 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
haoussa
marathe
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Marathi
Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Marathi people
History
Origin
14
10th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Chadic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Hausa
Marathi
Language Position
3417
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hausa
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ha
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hau
mar
ISO 639 2/B
hau
mar
ISO 639 3
hau
mar
ISO 639 6
hau
mar
Glottocode
haus1257
mara1378
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
-