Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
India
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Konkani Language
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Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Chinese.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Kokan
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
China, United States of America
Where They Speak
Khandesh
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
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French Name
marathe
chinois
German Name
Marathi
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
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Ethnicity
Marathi people
Han
Origin
10th century
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mara1378
sini1245
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Marathi and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Marathi and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Marathi are spoken in different Marathi Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Marathi vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani, Varhadi. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Marathi and Chinese Speaking population
Marathi and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Marathi vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Marathi and Chinese Language Codes
Marathi and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Marathi and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.