Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
54
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
-
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
- 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
Malay and Javanese Languages
Konkani Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2752
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
616
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2136
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
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
tolong
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
Pamit
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
Kangean
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Kokan
How Many People Speak
110,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bawean
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
642
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.23 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Madurese
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
madourais
marathe
German Name
Maduresisch
Marathi
Pronunciation
[madura]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Madurese
Marathi people
Origin
8th Century AD
10th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Madurese
Marathi
Language Position
6917
1
120
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Signed Forms
Madurese Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mad
mar
ISO 639 2/B
mad
mar
ISO 639 3
mad
mar
ISO 639 6
-
mar
Glottocode
madu1247
mara1378
Linguasphere
No data available
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-