Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Assam, India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
Assam, India
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
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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.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5245
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1620
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3625
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks34 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
नमस्कार
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
धन्यवाद
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
बोडो
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
दु:खित
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Lwrbw
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
दु:खित
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Kokan
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Assam, India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
423
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million0.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million0.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
marathe
bodo
German Name
Marathi
Bodo
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Origin
10th century
1913
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
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Standard Forms
Marathi
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Language Position
1730
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Bodo
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
br
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
brx
ISO 639 2/B
mar
brx
ISO 639 3
mar
brx
ISO 639 6
mar
brx
Glottocode
mara1378
bodo1269
Linguasphere
omr
59-AAB
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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