Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
Japan
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, Pacific
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Palau
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Korean Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5299
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
165
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3614
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Kokan
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Varhadi
Hakata
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Kansai
Where They Speak
Khandesh
kansai
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4231
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.10 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
68.00 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
日本語
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Nihongo
French Name
marathe
japonais
German Name
Marathi
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
10th century
1185
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Marathi
Japanese
Language Position
178
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
mar
jpn
ISO 639 3
mar
jpn
ISO 639 6
mar
jpn
Glottocode
mara1378
nucl1643
Linguasphere
omr
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic