1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Malawi, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
1.9 Similar To
Konkani Language
Zulu language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
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
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Zikomo
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Muli bwanji?
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Usiku wabwino
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Madzulo abwino
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Masana abwino
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
M'mawa wabwino
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
pepani
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Ndimakukondani
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Pepani
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Kasungu
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00NA
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 million12.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million12.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
5.3.4 French Name
marathe
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Marathi people
Chewa people
6 History
6.1 Origin
10th century
15th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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