Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Meghalaya
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
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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.
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5223
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
166
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3614
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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)
Kumno
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Khublei
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Kumno phi long?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
thia sukh
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
khublei
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sngewbha
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Map
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
khublei
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
map a nga
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Bhoi
Where They Speak
Kokan
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How Many People Speak
2,400,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Nonglung
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
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How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
Khandesh
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How Many People Speak
1,900,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
425
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million0.84 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million0.84 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Ka Ktien
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
French Name
marathe
khasi
German Name
Marathi
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[ˈkʰɑsi]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Khasi people
Origin
10th century
1200 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Khasi
Language Position
1740
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Khasi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
kha
ISO 639 2/B
mar
kha
ISO 639 3
mar
kha
ISO 639 6
mar
kha
Glottocode
mara1378
khas1269
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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