Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
India
Nigeria
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
Africa
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Yoruba Academy
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 largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5229
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1612
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3617
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
e dupe
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
e kaasan
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
e kaaro
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Jowo
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
binu
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
bye
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Kokan
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Ede
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0010,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4220
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.10 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
68.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million30.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
marathe
yoruba
German Name
Marathi
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Yoruba people
Origin
10th century
4 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Western Sudanic
Branch
Indic
Kwa
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Yorùbá
Language Position
1749
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
yo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
yor
ISO 639 2/B
mar
yor
ISO 639 3
mar
yor
ISO 639 6
mar
yor
Glottocode
mara1378
yoru1245
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating