Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
Philippines
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5221
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
165
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3616
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Hoy
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Salamat
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Maayong Buntag
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Palihug
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Ikasubo ko
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Babay
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Boholano
Where They Speak
Kokan
Bohol
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
North Kana
Where They Speak
Khandesh
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
424
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Visayan
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
marathe
cebuano
German Name
Marathi
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Cebuano people
Origin
10th century
16th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
1762
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
mar
ceb
ISO 639 3
mar
ceb
ISO 639 6
mar
ceb
Glottocode
mara1378
cebu1242
Linguasphere
omr
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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