Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
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
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- 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
Greek
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
arménien
  
marathe
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Marathi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available