Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
India
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
sannu
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
50.00 million
  
28
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
marathe
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
10th century
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Hausa
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Marathi and Hausa 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 Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Hausa language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Hausa Difficulty
The Marathi vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Hausa 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 Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.