Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Fiji, India
National Language
India
India
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
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Urdu
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Hindi.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Kokan
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Dialect 2
Varhadi
Marwari
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Bundelkhand
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
marathe
hindi
German Name
Marathi
Hindi
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Hindustani people
Origin
10th century
7th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Standard Hindi
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
hins
Glottocode
mara1378
hind1269
Linguasphere
omr
59-AAF-qf
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Marathi and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Hindi language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Hindi Difficulty
The Marathi vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.