1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India
1.4 Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
1.7 Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
1.9 Similar To
Konkani Language
1.10 Derived From
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
Devanagari
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks
Rank: 2 (Overall) ▶
3
88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
3.10 Bye
बाय (Bāya)
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kokan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
Rank: 23 (Overall) ▶
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Varhadi
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Vidarbha
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
Rank: 12 (Overall) ▶
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Khandeshi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Khandesh
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
Rank: 15 (Overall) ▶
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
Rank: 25 (Overall) ▶
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
1.10 %
Rank: 18 (Overall) ▶
0.11
89
5.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million
Rank: 16 (Overall) ▶
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
Rank: 32 (Overall) ▶
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
5.3.4 French Name
marathe
5.3.5 German Name
Marathi
5.4 Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
5.5 Ethnicity
Marathi people
6 History
6.1 Origin
10th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Indic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Marathi
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
mr
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mar
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
mar
7.3 ISO 639 3
mar
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
mara1378
7.6 Linguasphere
omr
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available