Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
India
Nepal
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Hindi
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5248
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1612
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3636
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good afternoon
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
कृपया
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Doteli
Where They Speak
Kokan
Nepal
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00790,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0017,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Nepal
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0017,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4212
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.10 %0.25 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
68.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
marathe
népalais
German Name
Marathi
Nepali
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
10th century
19 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Marathi
Nepali
Language Position
1759
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
mr
ne
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
nep
ISO 639 2/B
mar
nep
ISO 639 3
mar
npi
ISO 639 6
mar
nep
Glottocode
mara1378
nepa1254
Linguasphere
omr
12
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative