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Marathi vs Chinese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
4  
11

National Language
China, Taiwan  
India  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Israel, Mauritius  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Konkani Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
16  
13

How Many Consonants
23  
13
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
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

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

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
बाय (Bāya)  

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

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Maharashtrian Konkani  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Kokan  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
2,400,000.00  
23

Dialect 2
Wu  
Varhadi  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Vidarbha  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
7,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Yue  
Khandeshi  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Khandesh  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
1,900,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
42  
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
71.00 million  
25

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
1.10 %  
18

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
68.00 million  
16

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
3.00 million  
32

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
मराठी (marāṭhī)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  

French Name
chinois  
marathe  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Marathi  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Marathi people  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
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 Chinese  
Marathi  

Language Position
1  
1
17  
15

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
mr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
mar  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
mar  

ISO 639 3
zho  
mar  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
mara1378  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
omr  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Chinese and Marathi Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Marathi language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Marathi language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chinese and Marathi Language History.

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Chinese 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 Chinese and Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Marathi language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Marathi Difficulty

The Chinese vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.

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