Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India
National Language
India
India
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
NA
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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Bengali Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Kokan
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Not Available
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
marathe
goudjrati
German Name
Marathi
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Gujaratis
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Marathi
Modern Gujarati
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mara1378
guja1252
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Marathi and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Gujarati language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Marathi vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.