Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
India
  
Jammu and Kashmir, India
  
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
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Ke aal aee
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
dhanwaad
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
kiyaan oo ji
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
shub ratri
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
shub ratri
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
su prabat
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
kripya
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
changa ji pher
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
gustakhi maaf
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Jaunsari
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
100,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Kullu
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Hinduri
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
4.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
4.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
डोगरी
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
  
French Name
marathe
  
dogri
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Dogri
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Dogras
  
Origin
10th century
  
1971
  
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
  
Dogri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
doi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
indo1311
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available