Countries
Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
India
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
Govenment of Goa
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.
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Marathi
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5252
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1616
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3636
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Namaskar
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Dev Borem Korum
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
kaso assa?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Rati Boren Zavonn
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Dis Borem Zavonn
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Chike
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Maf kor
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Adeus
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
upkar korxi
Dialects
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Antruz
Where They Speak
Kokan
Goa
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Not present
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
-
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.002,700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Not present
Where They Speak
Khandesh
-
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
421
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million7.40 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million7.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Kōṅkaṇī
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
French Name
marathe
konkani
German Name
Marathi
Konkani
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
kõkɳi
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Konkanis
History
Origin
10th century
1209 A.D.
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Kokani
Language Position
1723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
mr
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
kok
ISO 639 2/B
mar
kok
ISO 639 3
mar
kok
ISO 639 6
mar
kok
Glottocode
mara1378
goan1235
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-