Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
India
Jammu and Kashmir, India
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
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.
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5248
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1612
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3636
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks42 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Ke aal aee
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
dhanwaad
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
kiyaan oo ji
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
shub ratri
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
shub ratri
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
शुभ अपराह्न
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
su prabat
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
kripya
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
changa ji pher
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
gustakhi maaf
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Jaunsari
Where They Speak
Kokan
Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Kullu
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00110,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Hinduri
Where They Speak
Khandesh
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
428
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million4.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million4.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million2.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
डोगरी
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
French Name
marathe
dogri
German Name
Marathi
Dogri
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[ˈd̪oːɡri]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Dogras
Origin
10th century
1971
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Dogri
Language Position
1732
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Dogri
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
mr
doi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
doi
ISO 639 2/B
mar
doi
ISO 639 3
mar
doi
ISO 639 6
mar
doi
Glottocode
mara1378
indo1311
Linguasphere
omr
59-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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