Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
India
Pakistan
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
India
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
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.
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5252
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1610
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3640
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
خوش آمديد
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
آپ کا شکریہ
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
گڈ نائٹ
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
سلام علیکم
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
گڈ مارننگ
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
براہ مہربانی
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
معاف کرنا
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
الوداع
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
معاف کیجئے گا
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Dakhini
Where They Speak
Kokan
India
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
India
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0069,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Rekhta
Where They Speak
Khandesh
South Asia
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0069,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
423
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million104.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.99 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
68.00 million61.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million43.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
اُردُو
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Bihari
French Name
marathe
ourdou
German Name
Marathi
Urdu
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Urdu-speaking people
Origin
10th century
12th Century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Modern Standard Urdu
Language Position
1720
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Urdu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
ur
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
urd
ISO 639 2/B
mar
urd
ISO 639 3
mar
urd
ISO 639 6
mar
urd
Glottocode
mara1378
urdu1245
Linguasphere
omr
59-AAF-q
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional