Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Meghalaya
  
National Language
India
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Bengali, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Kumno
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Khublei
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Kumno phi long?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
thia sukh
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
babha janmiet
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
babha noph-phai-sngi
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
khublei
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sngewbha
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Map
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
khublei
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
ieit ieit
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
map a nga
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Bhoi
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Nonglung
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Cherrapunji
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
0.84 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
0.84 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
  
French Name
marathe
  
khasi
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Khasi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Khasi people
  
Origin
10th century
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
No Early Forms
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Khasi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
kha
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
kha
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
kha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
khas1269
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Marathi and Khasi 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 Khasi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Khasi language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Khasi word for "Thank You" is Khublei. Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Khasi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Khasi Difficulty
The Marathi vs Khasi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Khasi 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 Khasi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Khasi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Khasi time required is Not Available.