Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
45
0
46
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National Language
India
Indonesia, Island of Madura
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
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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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.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5227
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
166
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3621
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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)
Halo
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
matur nuwun
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
piye kabare?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Sugeng énjing
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
tolong
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Pamit
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Kangean
Where They Speak
Kokan
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00110,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Bawean
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.008,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
426
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million15.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.23 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million15.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million14.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Madurese
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
marathe
madourais
German Name
Marathi
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[madura]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Madurese
Origin
10th century
8th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indonesian
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Madurese
Language Position
1769
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Madurese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
mad
ISO 639 2/B
mar
mad
ISO 639 3
mar
mad
ISO 639 6
mar
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Glottocode
mara1378
madu1247
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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