1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Iraq, Kurdistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
1.4 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
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
1.9 Similar To
Konkani Language
Farsi Language
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
Devanagari
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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)
Sipas
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Tu çawa yî?
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Şev xweş
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Evare baş
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Nee-wa-rowt bash
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Bayanit bash
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Bê zehmet
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bibûre
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Ez te hez dikem
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Bê zehmet
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Northern Kurdish
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kokan
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
7,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Southern Kurdish
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,900,000.003,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
71.00 million28.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million21.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
10th century
16th century CE
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Not Available
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-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available