Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
India
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Armenian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5224
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
167
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3617
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Kokan
Greece
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Griko
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Italy
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4225
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.18 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
marathe
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Marathi
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
10th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Hellenic
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Marathi
Modern Greek
Language Position
1774
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
ell
ISO 639 2/B
mar
gre
ISO 639 3
mar
ell
ISO 639 6
mar
ells
Glottocode
mara1378
gree1276
Linguasphere
omr
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic