Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
India
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
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, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Kazakh language agency
  
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.
  
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
bye
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
marathe
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
10th century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative