Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Bengali Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5247
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
168
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3631
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
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 weeks18 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Kokan
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0046,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Kharwa
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0056,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Surati
Where They Speak
Khandesh
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How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0056,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
428
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.74 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million50.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million55.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
marathe
goudjrati
German Name
Marathi
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Gujaratis
Origin
10th century
15
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Marathi
Modern Gujarati
Language Position
1723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Gujarati
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
gu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
guj
ISO 639 2/B
mar
guj
ISO 639 3
mar
guj
ISO 639 6
mar
guj
Glottocode
mara1378
guja1252
Linguasphere
omr
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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