Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
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
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Vidarbha
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Khandesh
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
malais
marathe
German Name
Malaiisch
Marathi
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Marathi people
Origin
c. 683 AD
10th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Marathi
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1306
mara1378
Linguasphere
No data available
omr
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Marathi language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs Marathi Difficulty
The Malaysian vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.