Countries
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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Kannada Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5251
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1616
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3635
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Namaskara
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
yedde rathre
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
yedde kaande
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Daya maltadu
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Yenna thapu aandu
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Barpe
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Kshamisi
Dialects
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Kokan
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Jain
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,900,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Girijan
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.002.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
424
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million1.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Tulu
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
marathe
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German Name
Marathi
Tulu
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Tuluva
History
Origin
10th century
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian 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
Tulu
Language Position
1723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Tulu
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
mr
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
tcy
ISO 639 2/B
mar
tul
ISO 639 3
mar
tcy
ISO 639 6
mar
tcy
Glottocode
mara1378
tulu1258
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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