Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
East Asia, European Union
  
India
  
Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Interesting Facts
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
- 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 in
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Dankon
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Bonan nokton
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Bonan vesperon
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Bonan matenon
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Mi petas
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Ĝis poste
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Mi amas vin
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Pardonu!
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
2.20 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.20 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Esperanto
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
espéranto
  
marathe
  
German Name
Esperanto
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
1887
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Esperanto
  
Marathi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signuno
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eo
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
epo
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
epo
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
epo
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
espe1235
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
51-AAB-da
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Constructed
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Esperanto and Marathi language. Esperanto word for "Hello" is Halo or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Esperanto Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Esperanto vs Marathi Difficulty
The Esperanto vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Esperanto and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Esperanto is 6 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.