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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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