1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India
Andra Pradesh, India
1.4 Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Karnataka
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
1.7 Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
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.
- Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
- Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Waddar
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kokan
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0026,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Khandesh
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0030,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
71.00 million80.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million75.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
3.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
తెలుగు (telugu)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Marathi people
Telugu people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Early Telugu epigraphy
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available