Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
National Language
India
Abkhazia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Not Available
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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Not Available
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Not Available
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Not available
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Not available
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Kokan
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Varhadi
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
marathe
abkhaze
German Name
Marathi
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Abkhaz people
Origin
10th century
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Abkhaz
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
abks
Glottocode
mara1378
abkh1244
Linguasphere
omr
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
Marathi and Abkhaz Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Marathi and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Abkhaz language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Marathi vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Abkhaz Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Marathi and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.
