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Marathi and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
4   
11

National Language
Germany   
India   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Israel, Mauritius   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Konkani Language   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
16   
13

How Many Consonants
9   
1
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   

Thank You
Danke   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   

Please
bitte   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   

Bye
Tschüs   
बाय (Bāya)   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Maharashtrian Konkani   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Kokan   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
2,400,000.00   
23

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Varhadi   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Vidarbha   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
7,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Khandeshi   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Khandesh   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
42   
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
71.00 million   
25

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
1.10 %   
18

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
68.00 million   
16

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
3.00 million   
32

Native Name
Deutsch   
मराठी (marāṭhī)   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   

French Name
allemand   
marathe   

German Name
Deutsch   
Marathi   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Marathi people   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
10th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Maharashtri Prakrit   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Marathi   

Language Position
9   
9
17   
15

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
mr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
mar   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
mar   

ISO 639 3
deu   
mar   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
mara1378   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
omr   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All German and Marathi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Marathi dialects. Various dialects of German and Marathi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Marathi Dialects are spoken in different Marathi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Marathi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani , Varhadi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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German and Marathi Speaking population

German and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of German and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Marathi on German vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Marathi Language Codes

German and Marathi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Marathi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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