1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India, Pakistan
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
Pakistan
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Not Available
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
1.9 Similar To
Konkani Language
Hindi Language
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
Devanagari
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
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)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
3.10 Bye
बाय (Bāya)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Pothohari
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Khandesh
Pakistan, Punjab, India
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 million154.30 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million100.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
3.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Marathi
Pandschabi-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
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
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
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