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Marathi and Croatian


Croatian and Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
9   
7

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

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200   
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
25   
15

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Kokan   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00   
23
660,000.00   
31

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

Total No. Of Dialects
42   
29
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million   
25
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
1.10 %   
18
89.00 %   
1

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   

History

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   

Language Position
17   
15
23   
19

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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