Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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
Africa
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5237
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
165
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3646
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Mhoro
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Masikati
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Mangwanani
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Ndineurombo
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
bye
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Kokan
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Karanga
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Khandesh
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
424
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
marathe
shona
German Name
Marathi
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Shona people
Origin
10th century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Indic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Marathi
Standard Shona
Language Position
17107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
sna
ISO 639 2/B
mar
sna
ISO 639 3
mar
sna
ISO 639 6
mar
sna
Glottocode
mara1378
core1255
Linguasphere
omr
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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