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Dutch and Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
6   
9

National Language
India   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Konkani Language   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
21   
11

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   
Hallo   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   
goedemorgen   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   
sorry   

Bye
बाय (Bāya)   
vaarwel   

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Kokan   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00   
23
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Varhadi   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Vidarbha   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00   
12
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Khandeshi   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Khandesh   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
42   
29
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million   
25
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
1.10 %   
18
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
68.00 million   
16
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million   
32
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
marathe   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Marathi   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Marathi people   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
10th century   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Germanic   

Branch
Indic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Marathi   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
17   
15
48   
35

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mr   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
mar   
dut   

ISO 639 3
mar   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mara1378   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
omr   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Marathi and Dutch Speaking population

Marathi and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Marathi vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Dutch Language Codes

Marathi and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Marathi and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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