Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
India
China, Guangdong
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
Hawaii
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
谢谢
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
你好吗？
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
晚安
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
下午好
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
早上好
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
遗憾
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
我爱你
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
原谅我
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Kokan
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
marathe
Not Available
German Name
Marathi
Not Available
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Not Available
Origin
10th century
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
mr
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
mar
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
mar
Not Available
ISO 639 3
mar
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mara1378
cant1236
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Marathi and Cantonese 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 Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Cantonese language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Cantonese Difficulty
The Marathi vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Cantonese 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 Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.