Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
India
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
hej
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
god morgon
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
ledsen
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
hej då
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
marathe
  
suédois
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
10th century
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available