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English and Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
33  
2

National Language
India  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius  
South Africa  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Konkani Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

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
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  
Hello  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
Thank you  

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  
How are you?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  
Good Night  

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  
Good Morning  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
Please  

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  
Sorry  

Bye
बाय (Bāya)  
Bye  

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  
I love you  

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani  
American English  

Where They Speak
Kokan  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
23
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Varhadi  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Vidarbha  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
12
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Khandeshi  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Khandesh  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
15
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
42  
29
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million  
25
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
1.10 %  
18
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
68.00 million  
16
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
32
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)  
English  

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  
Not Available  

French Name
marathe  
anglais  

German Name
Marathi  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Marathi people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
10th century  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Marathi  
Standard English  

Language Position
17  
15
3  
3

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mr  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
mar  
eng  

ISO 639 3
mar  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
mara1378  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
omr  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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

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Marathi and English Speaking population

Marathi and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and English languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Marathi vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and English Language Codes

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

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