Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
India
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
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
  
Middle East
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Not Available
  
French Name
marathe
  
kurde
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Kurds
  
Origin
10th century
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Kurdish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available