Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
India
  
National Language
India
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
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.
  
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
6.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
marathe
  
santal
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
10th century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Santali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
sant1410
  
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