Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Burma
  
National Language
India
  
Burundi, Gambia
  
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
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Bwakeye
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Urakoze
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Urakomeye?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Ijoro ryiza
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Mwaramutse
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Ndagusavye
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Not available
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
N’agasaga
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Ha
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
8.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
íkiRǔndi
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Not Available
  
French Name
marathe
  
rundi
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Kirundi
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Origin
10th century
  
1500
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Kirundi
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
rn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
run
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
run
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
run
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
rund1242
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Marathi and Kirundi Speaking population
Marathi and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Marathi and Kirundi on Marathi vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Marathi and Kirundi Language Codes
Marathi and Kirundi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Marathi and Kirundi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.