Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
India
  
Somalia
  
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
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
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.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
sorry
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
8.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
marathe
  
somali
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Somalis
  
Origin
10th century
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
soma1255
  
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