Countries
Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
India
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5242
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1611
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3631
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Kokan
India
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
India
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Kosli
Where They Speak
Khandesh
India
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
428
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million33.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
marathe
oriya
German Name
Marathi
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Odias
History
Origin
10th century
3 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Standard Odia
Language Position
1732
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
mr
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
ori
ISO 639 2/B
mar
ori
ISO 639 3
mar
ori
ISO 639 6
mar
ori
Glottocode
mara1378
macr1269
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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