Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
India
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
169
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3641
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Kokan
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Doabi
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
4230
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
marathe
pendjabi
German Name
Marathi
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Punjabis
Origin
10th century
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Marathi
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
1723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
mr
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
pan
ISO 639 2/B
mar
pan
ISO 639 3
mar
pan
ISO 639 6
mar
panj
Glottocode
mara1378
panj1256
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional