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Countries

Countries

Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

43
0 46
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National Language

India
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Israel, Mauritius
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

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.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Konkani Language
Armenian

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5224
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

167
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3617
9 60
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Scripts

Devanagari
Arabic, 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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

हॅलो (Hĕlō)
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

कृपया (Kr̥payā)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

बाय (Bāya)
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maharashtrian Konkani
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Kokan
Greece

How Many People Speak

2,400,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Varhadi
Griko

Where They Speak

Vidarbha
Italy

How Many People Speak

7,000,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Khandeshi
Mariupol

Where They Speak

Khandesh
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

1,900,000.0013,000,000.00
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 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.10 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

68.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

मराठी (marāṭhī)
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

marathe
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Marathi
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Marathi people
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

10th century
1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Hellenic

Branch

Indic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Maharashtri Prakrit
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Marathi
Modern Greek

Language Position

1774
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mr
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mar
ell

ISO 639 2/B

mar
gre

ISO 639 3

mar
ell

ISO 639 6

mar
ells

Glottocode

mara1378
gree1276

Linguasphere

omr
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Marathi and Greek Alphabets

Marathi and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Marathi and Greek. In Marathi Alphabets there are 52 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Marathi and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Marathi and Greek 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 Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Marathi and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Marathi and Greek Speaking population

Marathi and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Marathi vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Greek Language Codes

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