Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
India
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Europe
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5225
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
165
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3620
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Halo
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Hvala
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Kako se imate?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Lahko noč
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Dober dan
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Dobro jutro
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Prosim
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Oprostite
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Nasvidenje
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Kokan
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Resian
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Italy
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Styrian
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4248
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
68.00 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
marathe
slovène
German Name
Marathi
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Slovenes
Origin
10th century
972-1093
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Slovene
Language Position
1728
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
sl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
slv
ISO 639 2/B
mar
slv
ISO 639 3
mar
slv
ISO 639 6
mar
slv
Glottocode
mara1378
slov1268
Linguasphere
omr
53-AAA-f
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional