Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
44
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
India
Iran
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
Asia
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5234
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
168
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3626
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Devanagari
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Salam
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
chone tao?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
jawáin shap
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
jawáin sawáh
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
bye
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Kokan
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Varhadi
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
423
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.10 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
68.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Baluchi
French Name
marathe
baloutchi
German Name
Marathi
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
10th century
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Balochi
Language Position
1739
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
bal
ISO 639 2/B
mar
bal
ISO 639 3
mar
bal
ISO 639 6
mar
bal
Glottocode
mara1378
balo1260
Linguasphere
omr
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-