1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, No official status
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 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
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Israel, Mauritius
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- 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
Maithili and Magahi
Konkani Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit 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
प्रणाम (prannam)
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
3.2 Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
3.3 How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
3.4 Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
3.5 Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
3.6 Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
3.7 Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
3.8 Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
3.9 Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
3.10 Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
बाय (Bāya)
3.11 I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
3.12 Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Maharashtrian Konkani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Kokan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
16,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Vidarbha
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
380,000.007,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
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?
40.00 million71.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
40.00 million68.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
मराठी (marāṭhī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Marathi people
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th Century
10th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available