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Countries

Countries

India, Nepal
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra

Total No. Of Countries

24
0 46
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National Language

Nepal
India

Second Language

Republic of Brazil
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

People's Republic of China
Israel, Mauritius

Regulated By

Language Academy of Nepal
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • 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

Hindi
Konkani Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4852
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1216
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

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks4 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

नमस्ते (namaste)
हॅलो (Hĕlō)

Thank You

धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)

How Are You?

तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)

Good Night

शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)

Good Evening

शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)

Good Afternoon

Good afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)

Good Morning

शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)

Please

कृपया
कृपया (Kr̥payā)

Sorry

माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)

Bye

नमस्ते (namaste)
बाय (Bāya)

I Love You

म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)

Excuse Me

माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Doteli
Maharashtrian Konkani

Where They Speak

Nepal
Kokan

How Many People Speak

790,000.002,400,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Bajhangi
Varhadi

Where They Speak

India, Nepal
Vidarbha

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.007,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Baitadeli
Khandeshi

Where They Speak

Nepal
Khandesh

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.001,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1242
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million71.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.25 %1.10 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 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

नेपाली (nēpālī)
मराठी (marāṭhī)

Alternative Names

Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu

French Name

népalais
marathe

German Name

Nepali
Marathi

Pronunciation

[neˈpali]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]

Ethnicity

Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Marathi people

History

Origin

19 BC
10th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian

Branch

Indic
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Maharashtri Prakrit

Standard Forms

Nepali
Marathi

Language Position

5917
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Nepali
Indian Signing System (ISS)

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ne
mr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nep
mar

ISO 639 2/B

nep
mar

ISO 639 3

npi
mar

ISO 639 6

nep
mar

Glottocode

nepa1254
mara1378

Linguasphere

12
omr

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
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Nepali and Marathi Alphabets

Nepali and Marathi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Nepali and Marathi. In Nepali Alphabets there are 48 letters while in Marathi Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn Nepali and Marathi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Nepali and Marathi languages. The Nepali phonology consist Nepali vowels and Nepali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Nepali greetings vs Marathi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Nepali and Marathi are Most Spoken Languages.

All Nepali and Marathi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Nepali and Marathi dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Marathi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Marathi Dialects are spoken in different Marathi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Marathi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani , Varhadi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Nepali and Marathi Speaking population

Nepali and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Nepali and Marathi on Nepali vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Marathi Language Codes

Nepali and Marathi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Marathi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.