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Marathi and Nepali


Nepali and Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
India   
Nepal   

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   
Language Academy of Nepal   

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.
  

Similar To
Konkani Language   
Hindi   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200   
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
12   
9

How Many Consonants
36   
26
36   
26

Scripts
Devanagari   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
कृपया   

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
बाय (Bāya)   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Kokan   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00   
23
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Varhadi   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Vidarbha   
India, Nepal   

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Khandeshi   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Khandesh   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
42   
29
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million   
25
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
1.10 %   
18
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
68.00 million   
16
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million   
32
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
marathe   
népalais   

German Name
Marathi   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Marathi people   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
10th century   
19 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Marathi   
Nepali   

Language Position
17   
15
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
mr   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
mar   
nep   

ISO 639 3
mar   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mara1378   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
omr   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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All Marathi and Nepali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Marathi and Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Marathi and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Marathi are spoken in different Marathi Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Marathi vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani, Varhadi. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Marathi and Nepali Speaking population

Marathi and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Marathi vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Nepali Language Codes

Marathi and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Marathi and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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