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Marathi vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Japan  
India  

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  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia  

Minority Language
Palau  
Israel, Mauritius  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Konkani Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

How Many Consonants
14  
4
36  
26

Scripts
Kana  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
बाय (Bāya)  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Maharashtrian Konkani  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Kokan  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
2,400,000.00  
23

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Varhadi  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Vidarbha  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
7,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Khandeshi  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Khandesh  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,900,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
42  
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
71.00 million  
25

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
1.10 %  
18

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
68.00 million  
16

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
3.00 million  
32

Native Name
日本語  
मराठी (marāṭhī)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  

French Name
japonais  
marathe  

German Name
Japanisch  
Marathi  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Marathi people  

History

Origin
1185  
10th century  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Maharashtri Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Marathi  

Language Position
8  
8
17  
15

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
mr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
mar  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
mar  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
mar  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
mara1378  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
omr  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Japanese and Marathi Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Marathi language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Marathi language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Marathi Language History.

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

Japanese vs Marathi Difficulty

The Japanese vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.

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