Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
India
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
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.
  
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
sorry
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
marathe
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
10th century
  
AD 450-500
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Standard Dutch
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Marathi and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Dutch language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Dutch Difficulty
The Marathi vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.