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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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