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Estonian vs Marathi


Marathi vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Israel, Mauritius  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish 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
Finnish  
Konkani Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
16  
13

How Many Consonants
18  
8
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  

Thank You
aitäh  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  

Good Night
Head ööd  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  

Please
Palun  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
Vabandust  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  

Bye
Head aega  
बाय (Bāya)  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Maharashtrian Konkani  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Kokan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,400,000.00  
23

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Varhadi  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Vidarbha  

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

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Khandeshi  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Khandesh  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,900,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
42  
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million  
99+
71.00 million  
25

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.10 %  
18

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
68.00 million  
16

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
3.00 million  
32

Native Name
eesti keel  
मराठी (marāṭhī)  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  

French Name
estonien  
marathe  

German Name
Estnisch  
Marathi  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Marathi people  

History

Origin
13th century  
10th century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Finnic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Maharashtri Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Marathi  

Language Position
Not Available  
17  
15

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
mr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
mar  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
mar  

ISO 639 3
est  
mar  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
esto1258  
mara1378  

Linguasphere
No data available  
omr  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Estonian and Marathi Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Marathi language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Marathi language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian and Marathi Language History.

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

Estonian vs Marathi Difficulty

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

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