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Countries

Countries

Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Total No. Of Countries

423
0 46
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National Language

India
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

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
Africa, Asia

Minority Language

Israel, Mauritius
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council

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.
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.

Similar To

Konkani Language
Amharic and Hebrew

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5228
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

168
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3628
9 60
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Scripts

Devanagari
Arabic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

4 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

हॅलो (Hĕlō)
مرحبا

Thank You

धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
شكرا

How Are You?

तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
كيف حالك؟

Good Night

शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
تصبح على خير

Good Evening

चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
مساء الخير

Good Afternoon

शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
مساء الخير

Good Morning

शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
صباح الخير

Please

कृपया (Kr̥payā)
من فضلك

Sorry

क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
آسف

Bye

बाय (Bāya)
وداعا

I Love You

मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
أحبك

Excuse Me

मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
اعذرني

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maharashtrian Konkani
Maghrebi

Where They Speak

Kokan
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia

How Many People Speak

2,400,000.00310,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Varhadi
Sudanese

Where They Speak

Vidarbha
Sudan

How Many People Speak

7,000,000.0017,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Khandeshi
Levantine

Where They Speak

Khandesh
Cyprus, Levant

How Many People Speak

1,900,000.0021,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

4226
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

71.00 million452.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.10 %4.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

68.00 million206.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million246.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

मराठी (marāṭhī)
(al arabiya) العربية

Alternative Names

Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic

French Name

marathe
arabe

German Name

Marathi
Arabisch

Pronunciation

[məˈɾaʈʰi]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/

Ethnicity

Marathi people
Arabs

History

Origin

10th century
512 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Semitic

Branch

Indic
North Arabic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms

Standard Forms

Marathi
Modern Standard Arabic

Language Position

1725
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Arabic

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

mr
ar

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mar
ara

ISO 639 2/B

mar
ara

ISO 639 3

mar
ara

ISO 639 6

mar
ara

Glottocode

mara1378
arab1395

Linguasphere

omr
12-AAC

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Marathi and Arabic Alphabets

Marathi and Arabic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Marathi and Arabic. In Marathi Alphabets there are 52 letters while in Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Marathi and Arabic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Marathi and Arabic languages. The Marathi phonology consist Marathi vowels and Marathi consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Marathi greetings vs Arabic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Marathi and Arabic are Most Spoken Languages.

All Marathi and Arabic Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Marathi and Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Marathi and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Marathi are spoken in different Marathi Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Marathi vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani, Varhadi. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Marathi and Arabic Speaking population

Marathi and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Marathi and Arabic on Marathi vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Arabic Language Codes

Marathi and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Marathi and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.