Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
India
France, Spain
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
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Spanish
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5227
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
165
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3621
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Kaixo
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Zer moduz?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Gabon
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Egun on
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Mesedez
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Barkatu
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Agur
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Kokan
France
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0068,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Souletin
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
France, Soule, Spain
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.008,700.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Spain
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00750,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
426
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million7.20 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.12 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million7.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Euskara
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
marathe
basque
German Name
Marathi
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Basque people
Origin
10th century
c. 1000
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Marathi
Basque
Language Position
1730
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Basque Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
mr
eu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
eus
ISO 639 2/B
mar
baq
ISO 639 3
mar
eus
ISO 639 6
mar
eus
Glottocode
mara1378
basq1248
Linguasphere
omr
40-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative