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
  
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 in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Arabic.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
452.00 million
  
4
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed Arabic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.