Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
India
  
National Language
India
  
India
  
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
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
marathe
  
oriya
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Odias
  
Origin
10th century
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available