Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Thailand
  
National Language
India
  
Thailand
  
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
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
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.
  
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
marathe
  
thaï
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
10th century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tai
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Thai
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating