Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
India
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
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, Asia
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
شكرا
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
مساء الخير
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
صباح الخير
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
من فضلك
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
آسف
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
أحبك
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Kokan
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Dialect 2
Varhadi
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Sudan
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Levantine
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Cyprus, Levant
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
French Name
marathe
arabe
German Name
Marathi
Arabisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Arabs
Origin
10th century
512 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Branch
Indic
North Arabic
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
mara1378
arab1395
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional, Synthetic
Marathi and Arabic Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Marathi and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Arabic language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Arabic Difficulty
The Marathi vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Arabic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Marathi and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.