Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
India
North Korea, South Korea
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
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Jeju
Where They Speak
Kokan
South Korea
Dialect 2
Varhadi
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
South Korea
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Khandesh
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
marathe
coréen
German Name
Marathi
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Koreans
Origin
10th century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Marathi
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mara1378
kore1280
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
Marathi and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Korean language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Korean Difficulty
The Marathi vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.
