Countries
South Africa
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
India
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
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Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Konkani Language
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5352
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1016
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4336
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Unjani
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
Molo
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
Ndicela
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
South Africa
Kokan
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Thembu
Varhadi
Where They Speak
South Africa
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hlubi
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
South Africa
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
19.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
942
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiXhosa
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
xhosa
marathe
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Marathi
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Marathi people
Origin
16th Century
10th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Bantu
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Marathi
Language Position
2117
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
mar
ISO 639 2/B
xho
mar
ISO 639 3
xho
mar
ISO 639 6
xho
mar
Glottocode
xhos1239
mara1378
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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