Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
India
  
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
South Africa
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
- 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
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Thank you
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
How are you?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Good Night
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Good Evening
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Good Morning
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Please
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Sorry
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Bye
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
I love you
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
American English
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
United States of America
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Welsh English
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
400.00 million
  
3
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million
  
1
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
English
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
anglais
  
marathe
  
German Name
Englisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
5th Century AD
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Standard English
  
Marathi
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
en
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eng
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
eng
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
eng
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
engs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1293
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
52-ABA
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
Not Available