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Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
7   
8

National Language
India   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Konkani Language   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
16   
6

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   
ciao   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
grazie   

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   
Come stai?   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   
buongiorno   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
Per Favore   

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   
scusate   

Bye
बाय (Bāya)   
arrivederci   

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Kokan   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00   
23
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Varhadi   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Vidarbha   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00   
12
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Khandeshi   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Khandesh   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
42   
29
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million   
25
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
1.10 %   
18
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
68.00 million   
16
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million   
32
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   
Italiano   

French Name
marathe   
italien   

German Name
Marathi   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Marathi people   
Italians   

History

Origin
10th century   
960 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Romance   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Marathi   
Italian   

Language Position
17   
15
27   
23

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mr   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
mar   
ita   

ISO 639 3
mar   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
mara1378   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
omr   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Marathi and Italian Language History

Comparison of Marathi vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Marathi and Italian language. History of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th century whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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

Marathi vs Italian Difficulty

The Marathi vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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