Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5244
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1612
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3632
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
sannu
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
gode ku
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
yaya dai
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
barka da rana
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
mai kyau safe
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Don Allah
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
yi hakuri
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
sai anjima
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Kokan
Ghana
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Niger
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Niger
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0050.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
4220
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million50.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.52 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million35.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
marathe
haoussa
German Name
Marathi
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
10th century
14
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Chadic
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Hausa
Language Position
1734
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
hau
ISO 639 2/B
mar
hau
ISO 639 3
mar
hau
ISO 639 6
mar
hau
Glottocode
mara1378
haus1257
Linguasphere
omr
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional