Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
India, Nepal
  
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 in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Doteli
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
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
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
30.00 million
  
36
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed Nepali
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
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