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Croatian vs Marathi


Marathi vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
4   
11

National Language
Austria   
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
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Israel, Mauritius   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
Konkani Language   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
16   
13

How Many Consonants
25   
15
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
bok   
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   

Thank You
hvala   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
kako si   
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   

Good Night
laku noć   
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   

Please
molim   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
Oprostite   
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   

Bye
Doviđenja   
बाय (Bāya)   

I Love You
Volim te   
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Maharashtrian Konkani   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Kokan   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
2,400,000.00   
23

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Varhadi   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Vidarbha   

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

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Khandeshi   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Khandesh   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
42   
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
71.00 million   
25

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
1.10 %   
18

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
68.00 million   
16

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
3.00 million   
32

Native Name
hrvatski   
मराठी (marāṭhī)   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   

French Name
croate   
marathe   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Marathi   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Marathi people   

History

Origin
9th century   
10th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Maharashtri Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Marathi   

Language Position
23   
19
17   
15

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
mr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
mar   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
mar   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
mar   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
mara1378   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
omr   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Croatian and Marathi Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Marathi language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Marathi language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century 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 Croatian and Marathi Language History.

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

Croatian vs Marathi Difficulty

The Croatian vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian 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 Croatian and Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.

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