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Marathi

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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

Marathi and Assamese Alphabets

Marathi and Assamese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Marathi and Assamese. In Marathi Alphabets there are 52 letters while in Assamese Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn Marathi and Assamese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Marathi and Assamese 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 Assamese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Marathi and Assamese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Marathi and Assamese 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 Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Marathi and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Marathi are spoken in different Marathi Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Marathi vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani, Varhadi. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Marathi and Assamese Speaking population

Marathi and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Assamese on Marathi vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Assamese Language Codes

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