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
  
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 in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
1,200.00 million
  
1
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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