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
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 in
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Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
I Love You
أحبك
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
اعذرني
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Kokan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Sudan
Vidarbha
Dialect 3
Levantine
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Khandesh
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
Origin
512 CE
10th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
North Arabic
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Marathi
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
mara1378
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
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.
