Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Norway
  
National Language
India
  
Norway
  
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
  
Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Nynorsk
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Norwegian Language Council
  
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.
  
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
hallo
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
takk
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
god natt
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
god kveld
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
god ettermiddag
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
god morgen
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Vær så snill
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
unnskyld
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
ha det
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
unnskyld meg
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Sognamål
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Sogn
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
5.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
5.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Norsk
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Norsk
  
French Name
marathe
  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Nynorsk
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Norwegians
  
Origin
10th century
  
c. 1300 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed Norwegian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
no
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
nor
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
nor
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
nor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
norw1258
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional