Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1628
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3627
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, 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)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Kokan
Laos
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Laos
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
426
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
68.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
marathe
lao
German Name
Marathi
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Lao people
Origin
10th century
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Lao
Language Position
1743
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
lao
ISO 639 2/B
mar
lao
ISO 639 3
mar
lao
ISO 639 6
mar
lao
Glottocode
mara1378
laoo1244
Linguasphere
omr
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Isolating