Countries
Burkina Faso
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
-
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- 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.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Konkani Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2652
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
816
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1636
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
Laafi bala
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
Ne y yungo
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
ne y zabre
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
gafare
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
gafare
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
Y gafare
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Kokan
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Taolende
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
842
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million68.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Mosse
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
moré
marathe
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Marathi
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Marathi people
Origin
11th Century AD
10th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Mossi
Marathi
Language Position
3717
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
mar
ISO 639 2/B
mos
mar
ISO 639 3
mos
mar
ISO 639 6
mos
mar
Glottocode
moss1236
mara1378
Linguasphere
No data Available
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-