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Arabic vs Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
23   
4

National Language
India   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

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   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Konkani Language   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200   
Arabic.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
8   
5

How Many Consonants
36   
26
28   
18

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   
مرحبا   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
شكرا   

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   
صباح الخير   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
من فضلك   

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   
آسف   

Bye
बाय (Bāya)   
وداعا   

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Kokan   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00   
23
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Varhadi   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Vidarbha   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00   
12
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Khandeshi   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Khandesh   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
42   
29
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million   
25
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
1.10 %   
18
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
68.00 million   
16
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million   
32
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
marathe   
arabe   

German Name
Marathi   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Marathi people   
Arabs   

History

Origin
10th century   
512 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Semitic   

Branch
Indic   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Marathi   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
17   
15
25   
21

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
mr   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
mar   
ara   

ISO 639 3
mar   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mara1378   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
omr   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Marathi and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Marathi vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Marathi and Arabic language. History of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th century whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Marathi and Arabic Language History.

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Marathi and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Arabic language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Marathi vs Arabic Difficulty

The Marathi vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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