Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
National Language
France
India
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
Konkani Language
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
bonjour
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
Merci
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
bonne Nuit
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
bonsoir
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
Bonjour
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
S'il vous plaît
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
désolé
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
I Love You
Je t'aime
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Kokan
Dialect 2
African French
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Africa
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Khandesh
Native Name
français
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Français
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
français
marathe
German Name
Französisch
Marathi
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Marathi people
Origin
9th Century
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard French
Marathi
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
mara1378
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
omr
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
French 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 French and Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Marathi language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common French Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Marathi Difficulty
The French vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.
