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Japanese and Marathi


Marathi and Japanese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

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
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
99  
40
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

How Many Consonants
14  
4
36  
26

Scripts
Kana  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
4 weeks  
2

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
1,000,000.00  
99+
2,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Varhadi  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Vidarbha  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Khandeshi  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Khandesh  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
42  
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
71.00 million  
25

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
1.10 %  
19

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
68.00 million  
16

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

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
8  
8
17  
15

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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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.

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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.

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