Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
Burundi, Gambia
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
Africa, 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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5221
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
165
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3619
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
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 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Bwakeye
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Urakoze
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Mwaramutse
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Ndagusavye
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Ndasubiza
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
N’agasaga
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Kokan
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Ha
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Shubi
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
426
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million8.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million8.80 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
marathe
rundi
German Name
Marathi
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
10th century
1500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo 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
Kirundi
Language Position
1786
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
mr
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
run
ISO 639 2/B
mar
run
ISO 639 3
mar
run
ISO 639 6
mar
run
Glottocode
mara1378
rund1242
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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