Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
44
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National Language
India
Russia
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary