Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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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, Oceania
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Central Hindi Directorate
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 Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Urdu
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5244
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1611
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3633
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Kokan
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Marwari
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4221
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million380.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.10 %4.70 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
68.00 million260.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million120.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
marathe
hindi
German Name
Marathi
Hindi
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Hindustani people
Origin
10th century
7th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Standard Hindi
Language Position
175
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
hin
ISO 639 2/B
mar
hin
ISO 639 3
mar
hin
ISO 639 6
mar
hins
Glottocode
mara1378
hind1269
Linguasphere
omr
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic