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
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
Konkani Language
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Dutch 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
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dankie
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
goeie nag
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Goeienaand
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
goeie more
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
asseblief
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
jammer
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Verskoon my
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Kaapse Afrikaans
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Varhadi
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Baster Afrikaans
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 million19.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million7.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
3.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Afrikaans
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Cape Dutch
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Marathi people
Afrikaners
6 History
6.1 Origin
10th century
17th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Marathi
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
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
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-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology