Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
Myanmar
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Mon
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Myanmar Language Commission
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5233
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1612
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3633
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Tangut
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)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Kokan
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Intha
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Burma
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
425
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million43.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million33.00 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)
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
marathe
birman
German Name
Marathi
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Bamar people
Origin
10th century
1113 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Marathi
Modern Burmese
Language Position
1743
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
mya
ISO 639 2/B
mar
bur
ISO 639 3
mar
mya
ISO 639 6
mar
mya
Glottocode
mara1378
sout3159
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating