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
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Kansai
Where They Speak
Khandesh
kansai
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mara1378
nucl1643
Linguasphere
omr
45-CAA-a
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.