Countries
Indonesia
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
National Language
Indonesia
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
Asia
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Not Available
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
- 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Konkani Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
matur nuwun
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
piye kabare?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
wengi sing apik
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
Not Available
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Kokan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Cirebon
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Arekan
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
basa Jawa
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
javanais
marathe
German Name
Javanisch
Marathi
Pronunciation
Not Available
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Marathi people
Origin
450 AD
10th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Javanese
Marathi
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
java1253
mara1378
Linguasphere
No data available
omr
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
Javanese 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 Javanese and Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Javanese and Marathi language. Javanese word for "Hello" is Halo or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Javanese Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Javanese vs Marathi Difficulty
The Javanese vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese 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 Javanese and Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.