Countries
Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
India
Bangladesh, India
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
Asia
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Asam Sahitya Sabha
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.
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Bengali and Oriya
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5252
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1611
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3641
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeksNA
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
nomoskaar
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ḍhonyobaaḍ
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
aapuni kene aase?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
subhoraattri
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
subha gadhuli
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
subha abeli
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
suprobhaat
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
anugroha kori
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
moi ḍukkhita
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
biḍai
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
kyoma koribo
Dialects
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Kamrupi
Where They Speak
Kokan
Western Assam
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Goalpariya
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Western Assam
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Bhakatiya
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Assam
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00NA
1400
96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
423
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million15.30 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.24 %
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million15.00 million
0.13
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 millionNA
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
French Name
marathe
assamais
German Name
Marathi
Assamesisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Assamese people
History
Origin
10th century
7th century A.D
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Kamarupa
Standard Forms
Marathi
Assamese
Language Position
1765
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
mr
as
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
asm
ISO 639 2/B
mar
asm
ISO 639 3
mar
asm
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mara1378
assa1263
Linguasphere
omr
59-AAF-w
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available