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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
41
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
India
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
Konkani Language
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Dutch Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5232
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
1615
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
3617
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
33
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks24 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
hallo
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Dankie
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
goeie nag
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Goeienaand
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
goeie more
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
asseblief
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
jammer
3.10 Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Verskoon my
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Kaapse Afrikaans
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kokan
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00NA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Varhadi
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00NA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Baster Afrikaans
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Khandesh
Namibia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00NA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
423
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
71.00 million19.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
1.10 %NA
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million7.10 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
3.00 million10.30 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Afrikaans
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Cape Dutch
5.3.4 French Name
marathe
afrikaans
5.3.5 German Name
Marathi
Afrikaans
5.4 Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
5.5 Ethnicity
Marathi people
Afrikaners
6 History
6.1 Origin
10th century
17th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
6.2.2 Branch
Indic
Western
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Marathi
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
17NA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
mr
af
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mar
afr
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
mar
afr
7.3 ISO 639 3
mar
afr
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
7.5 Glottocode
mara1378
afri1274
7.6 Linguasphere
omr
52-ACB-ba
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Marathi and Afrikaans Alphabets

Marathi and Afrikaans Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Marathi and Afrikaans. In Marathi Alphabets there are 52 letters while in Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Marathi and Afrikaans languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Marathi and Afrikaans languages. The Marathi phonology consist Marathi vowels and Marathi consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Marathi greetings vs Afrikaans greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Marathi and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages.

All Marathi and Afrikaans Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Marathi and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Marathi and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Marathi are spoken in different Marathi Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Marathi vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani, Varhadi. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Marathi and Afrikaans Speaking population

Marathi and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Marathi and Afrikaans on Marathi vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Afrikaans Language Codes

Marathi and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Marathi and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.