Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
India
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
marathe
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
10th century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Modern Greek
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic