Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
India
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Old German Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5252
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1616
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3636
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks20 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Not present
Where They Speak
Kokan
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How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00140,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Not present
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
-
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00140,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Not present
Where They Speak
Khandesh
-
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
420
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million14.10 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million14.10 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
marathe
sanskrit
German Name
Marathi
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
10th century
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Marathi
Sanskrit
Language Position
1723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
-
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
sa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
san
ISO 639 2/B
mar
san
ISO 639 3
mar
san
ISO 639 6
mar
san
Glottocode
mara1378
sans1269
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic