1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Nigeria
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Nigeria
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
1.7 Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
1.9 Similar To
Konkani Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
gode ku
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
yaya dai
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
mai kyau dare
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
barka da yamma
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
barka da rana
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
mai kyau safe
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Don Allah
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
yi hakuri
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Ina son ku
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
gafara dai
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Gaananci
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
71.00 million50.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million35.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
3.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Marathi people
Hausa–Fulani people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology