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Arabic vs Marathi


Marathi vs 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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Arabic and Marathi Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Marathi language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Marathi language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Arabic and Marathi Language History.

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Arabic 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 Arabic and Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Marathi language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Arabic vs Marathi Difficulty

The Arabic vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.

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