1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Israel, Mauritius
1.7 Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch Language
Konkani Language
1.10 Derived From
Dutch Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Dankie
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
3.3 How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
3.4 Good Night
goeie nag
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
3.5 Good Evening
Goeienaand
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
3.7 Good Morning
goeie more
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
3.8 Please
asseblief
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
3.9 Sorry
jammer
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ek het jou lief
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
3.12 Excuse Me
Verskoon my
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Maharashtrian Konkani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Varhadi
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA7,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Khandeshi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,900,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
19.00 million71.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.10 million68.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
10.30 million3.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
Afrikaans
मराठी (marāṭhī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Marathi people
6 History
6.1 Origin
17th Century
10th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Maharashtri Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Marathi
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology