1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India, Nepal
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
People's Republic of China
1.7 Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
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
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)
नमस्ते (namaste)
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
3.10 Bye
बाय (Bāya)
नमस्ते (namaste)
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Doteli
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00790,000.00
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 million30.00 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
3.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
नेपाली (nēpālī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Marathi people
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Nepali
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
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-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative