Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
India
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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
Zambia
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Zulu language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5231
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
165
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3618
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Moni
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Zikomo
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Chonde
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
pepani
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Kokan
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
425
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
marathe
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Marathi
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Chewa people
Origin
10th century
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Indic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Chewa
Language Position
1727
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
nya
ISO 639 2/B
mar
nya
ISO 639 3
mar
nya
ISO 639 6
mar
nya
Glottocode
mara1378
nyan1308
Linguasphere
omr
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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