Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
34
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
India
Second Language
Indonesia
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Konkani Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2652
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
616
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2436
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
terima kasih
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
sila
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
maaf
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Kokan
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
30,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2442
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.16 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
malais
marathe
German Name
Malaiisch
Marathi
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Marathi people
Origin
c. 683 AD
10th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Marathi
Language Position
5417
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
mar
ISO 639 2/B
may
mar
ISO 639 3
zsm
mar
ISO 639 6
may
mar
Glottocode
stan1306
mara1378
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-