1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Fiji, 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
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
1.9 Similar To
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)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
खेद (Khēda)
3.10 Bye
बाय (Bāya)
अलविदा (Alavidā)
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Khariboli
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kokan
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0020,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
71.00 million380.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million260.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
3.00 million120.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Marathi people
Hindustani people
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
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Indian Signing System
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
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
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic