Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
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
Africa
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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5221
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
165
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3620
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Salama!
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Misaotra
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Alina tsara
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Maraina tsara
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
azafady
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Miala tsiny
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Veloma!
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Azafady
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Kokan
Merina
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Khandesh
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How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
422
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million18.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
marathe
malgache
German Name
Marathi
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Malagasy people
Origin
10th century
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Austronesian
Branch
Indic
Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
standard Malagasy
Language Position
1784
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
mr
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
mar
mlg
ISO 639 3
mar
mlg
ISO 639 6
mar
mlg
Glottocode
mara1378
mala1537
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
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