Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
India
Latvia
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
Europe
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Latvian State Language Center
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5233
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
169
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3624
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
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)
Sveiki
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Paldies
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Labdien
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Labrīt
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
lūdzu
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Piedodiet!
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Livonian
Where They Speak
Kokan
Latvia
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Latvia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Khandesh
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
423
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.10 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
68.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Lettish
French Name
marathe
letton
German Name
Marathi
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Latvians or Letts
Origin
10th century
1530
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Baltic
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Latvian
Language Position
179
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
mr
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
lav
ISO 639 2/B
mar
lav
ISO 639 3
mar
lav
ISO 639 6
mar
lav
Glottocode
mara1378
latv1249
Linguasphere
omr
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic