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Marathi vs Croatian


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Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
9  
7

National Language
India  
Austria  

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  
Europe  

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

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.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Konkani Language  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
25  
15

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  
bok  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
hvala  

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  
kako si  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  
laku noć  

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  
dobro jutro  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
molim  

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  
Oprostite  

Bye
बाय (Bāya)  
Doviđenja  

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

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Kokan  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
23
660,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Varhadi  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Vidarbha  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
12
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Khandeshi  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Khandesh  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
15
13,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
42  
29
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million  
25
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
1.10 %  
18
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
68.00 million  
16
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
32
1.25 million  
36

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  
Hrvatski  

French Name
marathe  
croate  

German Name
Marathi  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Marathi people  
Croats  

History

Origin
10th century  
9th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Marathi  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
17  
15
23  
19

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mr  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
mar  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
mar  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mara1378  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
omr  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Marathi and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Marathi vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Marathi and Croatian language. History of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th century whereas history of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century. 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 Croatian Language History.

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

Marathi vs Croatian Difficulty

The Marathi vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Croatian 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 Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.

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