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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
41
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
India
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.4 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
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
1.9 Similar To
Konkani Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
52NA
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
165
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
3646
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
34
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
4 weeksNA
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Mhoro
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Waita zvako
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Manheru
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Masikati
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Mangwanani
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Ndinokumbirawo
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Ndineurombo
3.10 Bye
बाय (Bāya)
bye
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Pamusoro
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Hwesa
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kokan
Zimbabwe
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00NA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Varhadi
Karanga
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Vidarbha
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00NA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Zezuru
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Khandesh
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00NA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
424
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
71.00 million25.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
1.10 %0.13 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million8.30 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
3.00 millionNA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
marathe
shona
5.3.5 German Name
Marathi
Schona-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Marathi people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
10th century
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Indic
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Marathi
Not Available
6.3.3 Language Position
17107
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
mr
sn
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mar
sna
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
mar
sna
7.3 ISO 639 3
mar
sna
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
mara1378
core1255
7.6 Linguasphere
omr
99-AUT-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available

Marathi and Shona Alphabets

Marathi and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Marathi and Shona. In Marathi Alphabets there are 52 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters. To learn Marathi and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Marathi and Shona languages. The Marathi phonology consist Marathi vowels and Marathi consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Marathi greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Marathi and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

All Marathi and Shona Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Marathi and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Marathi and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Marathi are spoken in different Marathi Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Marathi vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani, Varhadi. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Marathi and Shona Speaking population

Marathi and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Marathi and Shona on Marathi vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Shona Language Codes

Marathi and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Marathi and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.