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Marathi and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
4   
11

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
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
Africa, Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Israel, Mauritius   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Konkani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200   
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
28   
10
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
16   
13

How Many Consonants
28   
18
36   
26

Scripts
Arabic   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   

Thank You
شكرا   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   

Please
من فضلك   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
آسف   
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   

Bye
وداعا   
बाय (Bāya)   

I Love You
أحبك   
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Maharashtrian Konkani   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Kokan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,400,000.00   
23

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Varhadi   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Vidarbha   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
7,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Khandeshi   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Khandesh   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
42   
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
71.00 million   
25

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
1.10 %   
18

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
68.00 million   
16

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
3.00 million   
32

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
मराठी (marāṭhī)   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   

French Name
arabe   
marathe   

German Name
Arabisch   
Marathi   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Marathi people   

History

Origin
512 CE   
10th century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
North Arabic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Maharashtri Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Marathi   

Language Position
25   
21
17   
15

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
mr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
mar   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
mar   

ISO 639 3
ara   
mar   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
mara1378   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
omr   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Arabic 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 Arabic and Marathi dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Marathi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Marathi Dialects are spoken in different Marathi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Marathi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani , Varhadi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Marathi Speaking population

Arabic and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Marathi on Arabic vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Marathi Language Codes

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

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