Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
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 in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
71.00 million
  
25
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
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
  
Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Marathi language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Marathi Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.