Countries
Israel
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Israel
  
India
  
Second Language
Israel
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
hébreu
  
marathe
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Canaanitic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
Marathi
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available