Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
India
India, Pakistan
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5244
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1617
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3627
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, 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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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Hach ch'i
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
مهربانی کر
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Kokan
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Poguli
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Rambani
Where They Speak
Khandesh
India
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
424
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million5.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million5.42 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
marathe
kashmiri
German Name
Marathi
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
10th century
12th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Kashmiri
Language Position
1723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
kas
ISO 639 2/B
mar
kas
ISO 639 3
mar
kas
ISO 639 6
mar
kas
Glottocode
mara1378
kash1277
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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