Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
46
0
46
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National Language
India
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Konkani Language
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5231
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
167
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3620
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
alo
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
multumesc
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
ce mai faci?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
noapte Buna
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
buna Ziua
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
bună Dimineața
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Vă Rog
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
scuze
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
La revedere
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Kokan
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Croatia
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.001,400.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
4210
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million24.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Română
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
marathe
roumain; moldave
German Name
Marathi
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Romanians
Origin
10th century
1521
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Marathi
Romanian
Language Position
1736
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
ron
ISO 639 2/B
mar
rum
ISO 639 3
mar
ron
ISO 639 6
mar
ron
Glottocode
mara1378
roma1327
Linguasphere
omr
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic