1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.6 National Language
1.9 Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Namibia, South Africa
1.12 Speaking Continents
1.14 Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.15 Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.17 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.19 Similar To
Konkani Language
Dutch Language
2.3 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Dutch Language
3 Alphabets
3.1 Alphabets in
3.2 Alphabets
3.5 Phonology
3.5.1 How Many Vowels
4.1.2 How Many Consonants
4.6 Scripts
4.7 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
4.8 Hard to Learn
4.8.1 Language Levels
4.9.2 Time Taken to Learn
7 Greetings
7.1 Hello
7.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Dankie
7.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Hoe gaan dit
7.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
goeie nag
7.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Goeienaand
7.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Goeie middag
7.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
goeie more
7.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
asseblief
7.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
jammer
7.10 Bye
7.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Ek het jou lief
7.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Verskoon my
8 Dialects
8.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Kaapse Afrikaans
8.1.1 Where They Speak
8.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
9.5 Dialect 2
Varhadi
Oranjeriverafrikaans
9.5.1 Where They Speak
9.5.2 How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
11.8 Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Baster Afrikaans
11.8.1 Where They Speak
11.8.2 How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00NA
1400
96000000
11.11 Total No. Of Dialects
12 How Many People Speak
12.1 How Many People Speak?
71.00 million19.00 million
0.13
1200
13.4 Speaking Population
14.8 Native Speakers
68.00 million7.10 million
0.13
873
14.8.1 Second Language Speakers
3.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
14.8.2 Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Afrikaans
14.8.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Cape Dutch
14.8.4 French Name
14.8.5 German Name
14.9 Pronunciation
14.10 Ethnicity
Marathi people
Afrikaners
15 History
15.1 Origin
10th century
17th Century
15.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
15.2.1 Subgroup
15.2.2 Branch
15.3 Language Forms
15.3.1 Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
15.3.2 Standard Forms
Marathi
Standard Afrikaans
15.3.3 Language Position
15.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
15.4 Scope
16 Code
16.1 ISO 639 1
16.2 ISO 639 2
16.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
16.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
16.3 ISO 639 3
16.4 ISO 639 6
16.5 Glottocode
16.6 Linguasphere
16.7 Types of Language
16.7.1 Language Type
16.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
16.7.3 Language Morphological Typology