Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Telugu
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5249
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1614
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3635
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Badaga
Where They Speak
Kokan
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Urali
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
kerala
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
4220
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
marathe
kannada
German Name
Marathi
Kannada
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Kannadiga
Origin
10th century
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Marathi
Modern Kannada
Language Position
1731
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
kan
ISO 639 2/B
mar
kan
ISO 639 3
mar
kan
ISO 639 6
mar
kan
Glottocode
mara1378
nucl1305
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
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