Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
National Language
India
  
Austria
  
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
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
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.
  
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Church Slavonic
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
bok
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
hvala
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
kako si
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
laku noć
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
dobra večer
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
dobar dan
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
dobro jutro
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
molim
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
Doviđenja
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Ispričavam se
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
13,000,000.00
  
5
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
89.00 million
  
18
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
5.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
1.25 million
  
36
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
hrvatski
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Hrvatski
  
French Name
marathe
  
croate
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Kroatisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Croats
  
Origin
10th century
  
9th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Croatian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
hr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
croa1245
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Marathi and Croatian Speaking population
Marathi and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Marathi vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Marathi and Croatian Language Codes
Marathi and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Marathi and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.