1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India
Indonesia, Island of Madura
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 unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
1.9 Similar To
Konkani Language
Malay and Javanese Languages
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
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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)
matur nuwun
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
piye kabare?
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
wengi sing apik
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Sugeng sọnten
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Sugeng siang
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Sugeng énjing
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Not Available
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Nyuwun pangapunten
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Kula tresna panjengan
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Nuwun séwu
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Kangean
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00110,000.00
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 million15.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million15.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
10th century
Not Available
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian 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
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available