1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Fiji, India
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 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
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel, Mauritius
1.7 Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
1.8 Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
1.2.1 How Many Consonants
1.4 Scripts
1.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
1.6 Hard to Learn
1.6.1 Language Levels
1.7.1 Time Taken to Learn
2 Greetings
2.1 Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
2.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
2.3 How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
2.4 Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
2.5 Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
2.6 Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
2.7 Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
2.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
2.9 Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
2.10 Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
बाय (Bāya)
2.11 I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
2.12 Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
3 Dialects
3.1 Dialect 1
Khariboli
Maharashtrian Konkani
3.1.1 Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Kokan
3.1.2 How Many People Speak
240,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
3.2 Dialect 2
3.2.1 Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Vidarbha
3.2.2 How Many People Speak
22,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
80000000
3.3 Dialect 3
3.3.1 Where They Speak
3.3.2 How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,900,000.00
1400
96000000
3.4 Total No. Of Dialects
4 How Many People Speak
4.1 How Many People Speak?
380.00 million71.00 million
0.13
1200
4.2 Speaking Population
4.3 Native Speakers
260.00 million68.00 million
0.13
873
4.3.1 Second Language Speakers
120.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
4.3.2 Native Name
4.3.3 Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
4.3.4 French Name
4.3.5 German Name
4.4 Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
4.5 Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Marathi people
5 History
5.1 Origin
5.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
5.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
5.2.2 Branch
5.3 Language Forms
5.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
5.3.2 Standard Forms
5.3.3 Language Position
5.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Indian Signing System (ISS)
5.4 Scope
6 Code
6.1 ISO 639 1
6.2 ISO 639 2
6.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
6.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
6.3 ISO 639 3
6.4 ISO 639 6
6.5 Glottocode
6.6 Linguasphere
6.7 Types of Language
6.7.1 Language Type
6.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
6.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available