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Marathi vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
India   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Konkani Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200   
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
19   
9

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   
Halo   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   
maaf   

Bye
बाय (Bāya)   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Kokan   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00   
23
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Varhadi   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Vidarbha   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00   
12
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Khandeshi   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Khandesh   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
42   
29
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million   
25
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
1.10 %   
18
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
68.00 million   
16
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million   
32
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
marathe   
indonésien   

German Name
Marathi   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Marathi people   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
10th century   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indonesian   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Marathi   
Indonesian   

Language Position
17   
15
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mr   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
mar   
ind   

ISO 639 3
mar   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mara1378   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
omr   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Marathi and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Marathi vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Marathi and Indonesian language. History of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th century whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Marathi and Indonesian Language History.

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Marathi and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Indonesian language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Marathi vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Marathi vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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