Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
India
Abkhazia
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5262
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
162
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3660
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
амритана
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Амарахь
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
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Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Kokan
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Sadz
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
423
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
marathe
abkhaze
German Name
Marathi
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Abkhaz people
Origin
10th century
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Abkhaz
Language Position
1728
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
abk
ISO 639 2/B
mar
abk
ISO 639 3
mar
abk
ISO 639 6
mar
abks
Glottocode
mara1378
abkh1244
Linguasphere
omr
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative