Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
India
India, Nepal
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Nepal
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5247
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
168
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3622
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
pranam
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Suprabhaat
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
kripaya
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
maf karai
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Alavidā
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
kripaya
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Kokan
Nepal
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
North India
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Khortha
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
4215
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.41 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million27.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
marathe
maithili
German Name
Marathi
Maithili
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Maithil
Origin
10th century
14th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European 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
Standard Maithili
Language Position
1740
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
mai
ISO 639 2/B
mar
mai
ISO 639 3
mar
mai
ISO 639 6
mar
mai
Glottocode
mara1378
mait1250
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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