1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 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
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
1.7 Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
NA
1.8 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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
1.9 Similar To
Konkani Language
Bengali Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
નમસ્તે (namaste)
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Kathiyawadi
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kokan
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Vidarbha
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
71.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million50.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Old Gujarati
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available