Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
India
  
China, Mongolia
  
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
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
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.
  
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
5.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Not Available
  
French Name
marathe
  
mongol
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
10th century
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available