Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Rajastan, India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
Rajastan, India
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
Nepal, Pakistan
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.
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Gujarati Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5242
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1610
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3632
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
khammaghani
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
dhanyavaad
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Kikan ho sa?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
shubh raatri
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Shubh Honjh
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Shubh Befar
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Shubh Havar
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
kirpa
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Maaf Karo
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
bye
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
main tanne pyaar karoon
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
maaf karo
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Jogi
Where They Speak
Kokan
India
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0014,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Bagri
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
India
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0014,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Dhundhari
Where They Speak
Khandesh
India
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
428
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million22.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.21 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million14.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Marwari
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
French Name
marathe
marvari
German Name
Marathi
Marwari
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[məˈrwɑːɾi]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Marwari or Marwadi
Origin
10th century
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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
Marwari
Language Position
1772
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
mr
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
mwr
ISO 639 2/B
mar
mwr
ISO 639 3
mar
mwr
ISO 639 6
mar
mwr
Glottocode
mara1378
raja1256
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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