Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
India
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
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.
  
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Indonesian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Hai
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
sila
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
maaf
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
175.00 million
  
10
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Not Available
  
French Name
marathe
  
malais
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
10th century
  
c. 683 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
stan1306
  
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
  
Agglutinative
  
Marathi and Malaysian Speaking population
Marathi and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Marathi vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Marathi and Malaysian Language Codes
Marathi and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Marathi and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.