Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
South Africa
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Pan South African Language Board
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 meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5257
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
167
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3650
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Sawubona
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
unjani
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
bye
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Kokan
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
424
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
marathe
zoulou
German Name
Marathi
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Zulu people
Origin
10th century
19
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Indic
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Marathi
Deep Zulu
Language Position
1787
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
zul
ISO 639 2/B
mar
zul
ISO 639 3
mar
zul
ISO 639 6
mar
zul
Glottocode
mara1378
zulu1248
Linguasphere
omr
99-AUT-fg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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