Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
India
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
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
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
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.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
5.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
marathe
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
10th century
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Slovak
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic