Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Ukraine
  
National Language
India
  
Ukraine
  
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
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
  
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.
  
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
будь ласк
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
вибачте (vybachte)
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Podillian
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Volynian
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Rivne, Volyn
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Steppe
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
39.00 million
  
25
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Not Available
  
French Name
marathe
  
ukrainien
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Ukrainisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Ukrainians
  
Origin
10th century
  
1561
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Modern Ukrainian
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
uk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
ukra1253
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic