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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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German and Marathi Language History

Comparison of German vs Marathi language history gives us differences between origin of German and Marathi language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Marathi Language History.

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

German vs Marathi Difficulty

The German vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.

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