Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
India
Malaysia
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Thailand
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5226
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
166
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
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Hai
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
terima kasih
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Apa khabar?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Selamat pagi
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
sila
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
maaf
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Kokan
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Pekal
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Musi
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4224
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.10 %1.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million77.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
marathe
malais
German Name
Marathi
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Malaysian people
Origin
10th century
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Marathi
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
1754
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
msa
ISO 639 2/B
mar
may
ISO 639 3
mar
zsm
ISO 639 6
mar
may
Glottocode
mara1378
stan1306
Linguasphere
omr
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative