Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
India
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
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.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Me fal
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Not Available
  
French Name
marathe
  
albanais
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Albanians
  
Origin
10th century
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic