Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Estonia, European Union
National Language
India
Estonia, Gambia
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Finnish
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
aitäh
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Head ööd
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Tere päevast
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Tere hommikust
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Palun
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Vabandust
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Kokan
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Khandesh
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Eesti keel
French Name
marathe
estonien
German Name
Marathi
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Estonians
Origin
10th century
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Estonian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mara1378
esto1258
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
Marathi and Estonian 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 Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Estonian language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Estonian Difficulty
The Marathi vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Estonian 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 Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.