Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
India
Ethiopia
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
Somalia
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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Somali Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5234
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1610
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
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
akkam
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Galatoomi
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Maaloo
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
naa dhiisi
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Nagayattii!
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Borana
Where They Speak
Kokan
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Orma
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Kenya
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0066,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Wata
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Kenya
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0013,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
4217
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 %0.36 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million24.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
marathe
galla
German Name
Marathi
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Oromos
Origin
10th century
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Cushitic
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
1791
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
mr
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
orm
ISO 639 2/B
mar
orm
ISO 639 3
mar
orm
ISO 639 6
mar
orm
Glottocode
mara1378
nucl1736
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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