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Countries

Countries

Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

432
0 46
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National Language

India
France

Second Language

Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Minority Language

Israel, Mauritius
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Konkani Language
Italian Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5226
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

166
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3620
9 60
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Scripts

Devanagari
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

4 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

हॅलो (Hĕlō)
bonjour

Thank You

धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Merci

How Are You?

तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Bonjour

Please

कृपया (Kr̥payā)
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
désolé

Bye

बाय (Bāya)
au revoir

I Love You

मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maharashtrian Konkani
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Kokan
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

2,400,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Varhadi
African French

Where They Speak

Vidarbha
Africa

How Many People Speak

7,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Khandeshi
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Khandesh
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

1,900,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

4225
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

71.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.10 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

68.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

मराठी (marāṭhī)
français

Alternative Names

Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Français

French Name

marathe
français

German Name

Marathi
Französisch

Pronunciation

[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Marathi people
French people

History

Origin

10th century
9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Romance

Branch

Indic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Maharashtri Prakrit
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Marathi
Standard French

Language Position

1713
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mr
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mar
fra

ISO 639 2/B

mar
fre

ISO 639 3

mar
fra

ISO 639 6

mar
fras

Glottocode

mara1378
stan1290

Linguasphere

omr
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Marathi and French Alphabets

Marathi and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Marathi and French. In Marathi Alphabets there are 52 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Marathi and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Marathi and French 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 French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Marathi and French are Most Spoken Languages.

All Marathi and French 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 French dialects. Various dialects of Marathi and French language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Marathi are spoken in different Marathi Speaking Countries whereas French Dialects are spoken in different French speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Marathi vs French Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani, Varhadi. French dialects include: Quebec French , African French. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Marathi and French Speaking population

Marathi and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and French languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Marathi vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and French Language Codes

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