1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India, No official status
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 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
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
1.7 Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Not Available
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
1.9 Similar To
Konkani Language
Maithili and Magahi
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
प्रणाम (prannam)
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
राम राम (raam raam)
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
राम राम (raam raam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
राम राम (raam raam)
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
राम राम (raam raam)
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
3.10 Bye
बाय (Bāya)
प्रणाम (prannam)
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Caribbean Hindustani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kokan
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00380,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
71.00 million40.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million40.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Marathi people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
10th century
19th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available