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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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4
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
India
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Botswana, Lesotho
1.7 Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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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.
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
1.9 Similar To
Konkani Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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52
Rank: 31 (Overall)
53
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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16
Rank: 13 (Overall)
10
Rank: 7 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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36
Rank: 26 (Overall)
43
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
3
Rank: 2 (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)
Molo
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Ndiyabulela
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Unjani
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Ulale kakuhle
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Molo
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Ndicela
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Ndicela uxolo
3.10 Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Gcaleka
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kokan
South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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2,400,000.00
Rank: 23 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Varhadi
Thembu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Vidarbha
South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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7,000,000.00
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Hlubi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Khandesh
South Africa
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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1,900,000.00
Rank: 15 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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42
Rank: 29 (Overall)
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Rank: 9 (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)
20.00 million
Rank: 42 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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1.10 %
Rank: 18 (Overall)
0.11 %
Rank: 53 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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68.00 million
Rank: 16 (Overall)
8.20 million
Rank: 52 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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3.00 million
Rank: 32 (Overall)
11.00 million
Rank: 21 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
isiXhosa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
marathe
xhosa
5.3.5 German Name
Marathi
Xhosa-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
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5.5 Ethnicity
Marathi people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
10th century
16th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Indic
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Marathi
isiXhosa
6.3.3 Language Position
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Xhosa
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
mr
xh
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mar
xho
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
mar
xho
7.3 ISO 639 3
mar
xho
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
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7.5 Glottocode
mara1378
xhos1239
7.6 Linguasphere
omr
99-AUT-fa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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Marathi and Xhosa Alphabets

Marathi and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Marathi and Xhosa. In Marathi Alphabets there are 52 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Marathi and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Marathi and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Marathi and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

All Marathi and Xhosa 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 Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Marathi and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Marathi are spoken in different Marathi Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Marathi vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani, Varhadi. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Marathi and Xhosa Speaking population

Marathi and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Marathi vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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