Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
National Language
India
  
Turkey
  
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, Europe
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Turkish Language Association
  
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.
  
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Azerbaijani Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Merhaba
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
teşekkür ederim
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Nasılsın?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
İyi Geceler
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
İyi Akşamlar
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Tünaydın
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
günaydın
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
lütfen
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
üzgünüm
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
Hoşçakal
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Seni seviyorum
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Afedersiniz
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
26,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Crimean Turkish
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Gagauz
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
75.00 million
  
23
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Türkçe
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Anatolian, Türkisch
  
French Name
marathe
  
turc
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Türkisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Turkish
  
Origin
10th century
  
c. 1350
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Turkish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
tr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
tur
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
tur
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
tur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
nucl1301
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
44-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic