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Countries

Countries

Japan
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra

Total No. Of Countries

14
0 46
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National Language

Japan
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, Pacific
Asia

Minority Language

Palau
Israel, Mauritius

Regulated By

Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad

Interesting Facts

  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  • 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

Korean Language
Konkani Language

Derived From

-
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

9952
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

516
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1436
9 60
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Scripts

Kana
Devanagari

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

53
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks4 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
हॅलो (Hĕlō)

Thank You

ありがとう (Arigatō)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)

How Are You?

お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)

Good Night

おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)

Good Evening

こんばんは (Konbanwa)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)

Good Afternoon

こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)

Good Morning

おはよう (Ohayō)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)

Please

お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)

Sorry

ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)

Bye

さようなら (Sayōnara)
बाय (Bāya)

I Love You

愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)

Excuse Me

すみません (Sumimasen)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Sanuki
Maharashtrian Konkani

Where They Speak

Kagawa
Kokan

How Many People Speak

1,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hakata
Varhadi

Where They Speak

Fukuoka
Vidarbha

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.007,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kansai
Khandeshi

Where They Speak

kansai
Khandesh

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.001,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

3142
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

128.00 million71.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.90 %1.10 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

128.00 million68.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

日本語
मराठी (marāṭhī)

Alternative Names

Nihongo
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu

French Name

japonais
marathe

German Name

Japanisch
Marathi

Pronunciation

/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]

Ethnicity

Japanese (Yamato)
Marathi people

History

Origin

1185
10th century

Language Family

Japonic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Maharashtri Prakrit

Standard Forms

Japanese
Marathi

Language Position

817
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Japanese
Indian Signing System (ISS)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ja
mr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

jpn
mar

ISO 639 2/B

jpn
mar

ISO 639 3

jpn
mar

ISO 639 6

jpn
mar

Glottocode

nucl1643
mara1378

Linguasphere

45-CAA-a
omr

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative, Synthetic
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Japanese and Marathi Alphabets

Japanese and Marathi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Japanese and Marathi. In Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters while in Marathi Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn Japanese and Marathi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Japanese and Marathi languages. The Japanese phonology consist Japanese vowels and Japanese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Japanese greetings vs Marathi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Japanese and Marathi are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Japanese and Marathi Speaking population

Japanese and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Marathi on Japanese vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Marathi Language Codes

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