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German and Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
7  
8

National Language
India  
Germany  

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Konkani Language  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
10  
7

How Many Consonants
36  
26
9  
1

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  
hallo  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
Danke  

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  
guten Morgen  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
bitte  

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  
Verzeihung  

Bye
बाय (Bāya)  
Tschüs  

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Kokan  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Varhadi  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Vidarbha  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
820,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khandeshi  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Khandesh  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
6,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
42  
29
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million  
25
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
1.10 %  
19
1.39 %  
13

Native Speakers
68.00 million  
16
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
marathe  
allemand  

German Name
Marathi  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Marathi people  
Germans  

History

Origin
10th century  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Marathi  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
17  
15
9  
9

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mr  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
mar  
ger  

ISO 639 3
mar  
deu  

ISO 639 6
mar  
deus  

Glottocode
mara1378  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
omr  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Marathi and German Speaking population

Marathi and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and German languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Marathi vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and German Language Codes

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

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