Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
India
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
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
Middle East
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Farsi Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5233
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
168
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3629
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Silaw
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Sipas
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Şev xweş
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Bayanit bash
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Bê zehmet
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bibûre
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Be xêr çî
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Kokan
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
423
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
marathe
kurde
German Name
Marathi
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Kurds
Origin
10th century
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Marathi
Kurdish
Language Position
1714
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
mr
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
kur
ISO 639 2/B
mar
kur
ISO 639 3
mar
kur
ISO 639 6
mar
kur
Glottocode
mara1378
kurd1259
Linguasphere
omr
58-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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