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Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
7  
8

National Language
India  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Konkani Language  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
16  
6

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  
ciao  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
grazie  

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  
Come stai?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  
buongiorno  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
Per Favore  

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  
scusate  

Bye
बाय (Bāya)  
arrivederci  

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
Kokan  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Varhadi  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Vidarbha  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khandeshi  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
Khandesh  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
42  
29
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million  
25
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
1.10 %  
19
0.90 %  
23

Native Speakers
68.00 million  
16
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
14.00 million  
36

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  
Italiano  

French Name
marathe  
italien  

German Name
Marathi  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Marathi people  
Italians  

History

Origin
10th century  
960 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Romance  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Marathi  
Italian  

Language Position
17  
15
27  
25

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mr  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
mar  
ita  

ISO 639 3
mar  
ita  

ISO 639 6
mar  
itas  

Glottocode
mara1378  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
omr  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Marathi and Italian Language History

Comparison of Marathi vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Marathi and Italian language. History of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th century whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Marathi and Italian Language History.

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Marathi and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Italian language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Marathi vs Italian Difficulty

The Marathi vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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