Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
India
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
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.
  
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
alo
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
scuze
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Română
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
marathe
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Romanians
  
Origin
10th century
  
1521
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Romanian
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic