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
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Munda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5230
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
166
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3621
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Henda ho
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
संध्यायान
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Boge Setak’
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
দয়া করে
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
দুঃখিত
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Hariau
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Mahali
Where They Speak
Kokan
India
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Not present
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
-
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Not present
Where They Speak
Khandesh
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How Many People Speak
1,900,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
421
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
marathe
santal
German Name
Marathi
Santali
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
10th century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Santali
Language Position
1741
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
sat
ISO 639 2/B
mar
sat
ISO 639 3
mar
sat
ISO 639 6
mar
sat
Glottocode
mara1378
sant1410
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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