Countries
Fiji, India
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
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
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Marwari
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Vidarbha
Dialect 3
Bundeli
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Khandesh
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
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Marathi
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
hins
Not Available
Glottocode
hind1269
mara1378
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
omr
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Hindi 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 Hindi and Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Marathi language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hindi vs Marathi Difficulty
The Hindi vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.