Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
Nigeria
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
Africa
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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 Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5236
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
168
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3628
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
kedụ
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
dalụ
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
ka chi fo
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
ụtụtụ ọma
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Biko
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Ndo
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Kachifo
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
ngọpụ
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Enuani
Where They Speak
Kokan
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Not present
Where They Speak
Khandesh
-
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0024.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4220
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.10 %0.09 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
68.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million24.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
igbo
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Ibo
French Name
marathe
igbo
German Name
Marathi
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Igbo people
Origin
10th century
30th Century BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Kwa
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Standard Igbo
Language Position
1757
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Igbo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
ig
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
ibo
ISO 639 2/B
mar
ibo
ISO 639 3
mar
ibo
ISO 639 6
mar
ibo
Glottocode
mara1378
nucl1417
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative