1 Countries
1.1 Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
India
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
Not Available
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
1.8 Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
- 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
Malay and Javanese Languages
Konkani Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
matur nuwun
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
3.3 How Are You?
piye kabare?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
3.4 Good Night
wengi sing apik
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
3.5 Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
3.7 Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
3.8 Please
Not Available
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
3.9 Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
3.12 Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kangean
Maharashtrian Konkani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
110,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA7,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,900,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
15.00 million71.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million68.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
Not Available
10th century
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available