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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Sri Lanka
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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4
Rank: 11 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
India
Sri Lanka
1.4 Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Sri Lanka
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
1.8 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 Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
1.9 Similar To
Konkani Language
Maldivian Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
About Tamil Lan..
52
Rank: 31 (Overall)
54
Rank: 33 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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16
Rank: 13 (Overall)
18
Rank: 15 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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36
Rank: 26 (Overall)
36
Rank: 26 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Devanagari
Sinhala alphabet
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
2
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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4 weeks
Rank: 2 (Overall)
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
හලෝ (halō)
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
3.10 Bye
बाय (Bāya)
බායි (bāyi)
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Vedda
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kokan
Sri Lanka
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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2,400,000.00
Rank: 23 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Varhadi
Not Available
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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7,000,000.00
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Not Available
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Khandesh
Not Available
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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1,900,000.00
Rank: 15 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
About English L..
42
Rank: 29 (Overall)
1
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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71.00 million
Rank: 25 (Overall)
16.00 million
Rank: 45 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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1.10 %
Rank: 18 (Overall)
0.25 %
Rank: 41 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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68.00 million
Rank: 16 (Overall)
16.00 million
Rank: 39 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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3.00 million
Rank: 32 (Overall)
2.00 million
Rank: 34 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
5.3.4 French Name
marathe
singhalais
5.3.5 German Name
Marathi
Singhalesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Marathi people
Sinhalese people
6 History
6.1 Origin
10th century
3
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Indic
Indic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Sinhalese Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Marathi
Modern Sinhalese
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 15 (Overall)
70
Rank: 49 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
mr
si
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mar
sin
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
mar
sin
7.3 ISO 639 3
mar
sin
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
mara1378
sinh1246
7.6 Linguasphere
omr
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional

Marathi and Sinhalese Alphabets

Marathi and Sinhalese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Marathi and Sinhalese. In Marathi Alphabets there are 52 letters while in Sinhalese Alphabets there are 54 letters. To learn Marathi and Sinhalese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Marathi and Sinhalese languages. The Marathi phonology consist Marathi vowels and Marathi consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Marathi greetings vs Sinhalese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Marathi and Sinhalese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Marathi and Sinhalese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Marathi and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Marathi and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Marathi are spoken in different Marathi Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Marathi vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani, Varhadi. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Marathi and Sinhalese Speaking population

Marathi and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Marathi and Sinhalese on Marathi vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Sinhalese Language Codes

Marathi and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Marathi and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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