1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
1.9 Similar To
Konkani Language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Vientiane Lao
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 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Marathi people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai 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