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 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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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)
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3142
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
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
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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