1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Pan South African Language Board
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.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
1.9 Similar To
Konkani Language
Xhosa Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
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
Not Available
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)
Ngiyabonga
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
unjani
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
okuhle ebusuku
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
okuhle kusihlwa
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
okuhle ntambama
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
okuhle ekuseni
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Ngiyacela
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Ngiyaxolisa
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Qwabe
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kokan
Gabon, South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Varhadi
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Georgia, South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
71.00 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million12.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
3.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Isizulu, Zunda
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Marathi people
Zulu people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
urban Zulu
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-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available