Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
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
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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Dagbani Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5226
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
168
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3616
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)
Kia ora
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Laafi bala
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Kia ora
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Ne y yibeogo
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
gafare
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
gafare
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Kokan
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Saremde
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Taolende
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
428
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million7.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Mosse
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
marathe
moré
German Name
Marathi
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Mossi
Origin
10th century
11th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Western Sudanic
Branch
Indic
Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Mossi
Language Position
1737
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
mos
ISO 639 2/B
mar
mos
ISO 639 3
mar
mos
ISO 639 6
mar
mos
Glottocode
mara1378
moss1236
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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