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Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
- 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.
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pan South African Language Board
- 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.
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu