Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Georgia
  
National Language
India
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
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, Europe
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Cabinet of Georgia
  
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.
  
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Kartlian
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Kartli
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Pshavian
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Pshavi
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
4.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
ქართული ენა
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
French Name
marathe
  
géorgien
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Georgisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Georgians
  
Origin
10th century
  
5th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Kartvelian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Southern
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Modern Georgian
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
ka
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
kat
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
geo
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
kat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic