Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
Ethiopia
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
Africa
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5233
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
167
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3631
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Selam
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
i'bakwon
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
aznallehu
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
tschao
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Gondar
Where They Speak
Kokan
Gondar
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Showa
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
425
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
marathe
amharique
German Name
Marathi
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Amharas
Origin
10th century
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Branch
Indic
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Marathi
Amharic
Language Position
1755
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
amh
ISO 639 2/B
mar
amh
ISO 639 3
mar
amh
ISO 639 6
mar
amh
Glottocode
mara1378
amha1245
Linguasphere
omr
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional