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Cantonese and Marathi


Marathi and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
China, Guangdong   
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   
Asia   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Israel, Mauritius   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language   
Konkani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
16   
13

How Many Consonants
20   
10
36   
26

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
您好   
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   

Thank You
谢谢   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   

Good Night
晚安   
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   

Good Evening
晚上好   
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   

Good Morning
早上好   
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   

Please
请   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
遗憾   
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   

Bye
再见   
बाय (Bāya)   

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

Excuse Me
原谅我   
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Maharashtrian Konkani   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Kokan   

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

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Varhadi   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Vidarbha   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Khandeshi   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Khandesh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
42   
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
71.00 million   
25

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
1.10 %   
18

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
68.00 million   
16

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
3.00 million   
32

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
मराठी (marāṭhī)   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   

French Name
Not Available   
marathe   

German Name
Not Available   
Marathi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Marathi people   

History

Origin
17th century   
10th century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Maharashtri Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Marathi   

Language Position
Not Available   
17   
15

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
mr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
mar   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
mar   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
mar   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
mara1378   

Linguasphere
No data available   
omr   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Cantonese and Marathi Speaking population

Cantonese and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Marathi on Cantonese vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and Marathi Language Codes

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