Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
India
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Konkani Language
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Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Chinese.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Kokan
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
China, United States of America
Where They Speak
Khandesh
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
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French Name
marathe
chinois
German Name
Marathi
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
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Ethnicity
Marathi people
Han
Origin
10th century
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mara1378
sini1245
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
Marathi and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Chinese language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Chinese Difficulty
The Marathi vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.