Countries
Fiji, India
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
India
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- 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
Urdu
Konkani Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4452
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1116
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3336
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Kokan
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Marwari
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Bundeli
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2142
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
4.70 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
260.00 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
हिन्दी
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
hindi
marathe
German Name
Hindi
Marathi
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Marathi people
Origin
7th Century
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Marathi
Language Position
517
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hi
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hin
mar
ISO 639 2/B
hin
mar
ISO 639 3
hin
mar
ISO 639 6
hins
mar
Glottocode
hind1269
mara1378
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
-