Countries
India
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
India
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
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
- 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
Old German Language
Konkani Language
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5252
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1616
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
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Not present
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
-
Kokan
How Many People Speak
140,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Varhadi
Where They Speak
-
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
140,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
-
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
140,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
042
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
14.10 million71.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
14.10 million68.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
-3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
sanskrit
marathe
German Name
Sanskrit
Marathi
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers
Marathi people
Origin
2000 B.C.
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Marathi
Language Position
2317
1
120
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Signed Forms
-
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sa
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
san
mar
ISO 639 2/B
san
mar
ISO 639 3
san
mar
ISO 639 6
san
mar
Glottocode
sans1269
mara1378
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Ancient
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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