Countries
India, Nepal
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
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 in
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Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Doteli
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Nepal
Kokan
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Varhadi
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Nepal
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Not Available
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Marathi people
Origin
19 BC
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Nepali
Marathi
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
mara1378
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
Nepali and Marathi Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Nepali and Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Marathi language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Marathi Difficulty
The Nepali vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Marathi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Nepali and Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.