Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Indonesia
  
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 in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
163.00 million
  
11
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.