Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Japan
  
National Language
India
  
Japan
  
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, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Fukuoka
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
128.00 million
  
14
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
128.00 million
  
9
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Not Available
  
French Name
marathe
  
japonais
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
10th century
  
1185
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Japanese
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Marathi and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Japanese language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Japanese Difficulty
The Marathi vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.