Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
India
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
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.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
pranam
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
maf karai
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
North India
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
marathe
  
maithili
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Maithil
  
Origin
10th century
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Marathi and Maithili Speaking population
Marathi and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Marathi vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Marathi and Maithili Language Codes
Marathi and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Marathi and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.