Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
Haiti
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
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Cuba
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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 the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Konkani Language
French Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5229
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
167
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3620
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Bonjou
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Mèsi
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Bon nwit
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Bon apre-midi
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Souple
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Dezole
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Babay
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Kokan
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Cayes
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
423
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.10 %0.15 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million9.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
marathe
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Marathi
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Haitians
Origin
10th century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Haitian Creole
Language Position
1799
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
hat
ISO 639 2/B
mar
hat
ISO 639 3
mar
hat
ISO 639 6
mar
hat
Glottocode
mara1378
hait1244
Linguasphere
omr
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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