Countries
Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
South Africa
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5232
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1615
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3617
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
hallo
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Dankie
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
goeie nag
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
goeie more
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
asseblief
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
jammer
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Totsiens
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Verskoon my
Dialects
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Kokan
-
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
-
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Namibia
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
423
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.03 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million7.10 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Cape Dutch
French Name
marathe
afrikaans
German Name
Marathi
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Afrikaners
History
Origin
10th century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Branch
Indic
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Marathi
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
1723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
mr
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
afr
ISO 639 2/B
mar
afr
ISO 639 3
mar
afr
ISO 639 6
mar
afrs
Glottocode
mara1378
afri1274
Linguasphere
omr
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic