Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
India
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Arabic.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
شكرا
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
مساء الخير
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
صباح الخير
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
من فضلك
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
آسف
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
أحبك
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Kokan
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Varhadi
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Sudan
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Levantine
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Cyprus, Levant
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
French Name
marathe
arabe
German Name
Marathi
Arabisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Arabs
Origin
10th century
512 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Branch
Indic
North Arabic
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mara1378
arab1395
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Marathi and Arabic Speaking population
Marathi and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Marathi vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Marathi and Arabic Language Codes
Marathi and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Marathi and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.