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Japanese vs Marathi


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
52  
31
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
14  
4

Scripts
Devanagari  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
42  
29
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million  
25
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
1.10 %  
18
1.90 %  
10

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)  

History

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  

Language Position
17  
15
8  
8

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Marathi and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Marathi vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Marathi and Japanese language. History of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th century whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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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.

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