Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Total No. Of Countries
49
0
46
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National Language
India
Austria
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
Europe
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
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.
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Serbain and Bosnian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Church Slavonic
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5230
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
165
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3625
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
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)
bok
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
hvala
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
kako si
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
laku noć
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
dobra večer
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
dobar dan
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
dobro jutro
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
molim
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Oprostite
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Doviđenja
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Volim te
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Ispričavam se
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Kokan
Croatia
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00660,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Croatia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4279
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million89.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.10 %89.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
68.00 million5.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million1.25 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
hrvatski
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Hrvatski
French Name
marathe
croate
German Name
Marathi
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Croats
Origin
10th century
9th 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Language Position
1723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
hr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
hrv
ISO 639 2/B
mar
hrv
ISO 639 3
mar
hrv
ISO 639 6
mar
hrv
Glottocode
mara1378
croa1245
Linguasphere
omr
part of 53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic