Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
National Language
India
  
Lithuania
  
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
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Commission of the Lithuanian 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.
  
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Latvian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Ačiū
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Kaip sekasi?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Labanakt
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Labas vakaras
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Laba diena
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Labas rytas
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Prašom
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
atsiprašau
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
Ate
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Aš myliu tave
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Atsiprašau
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
3.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
lietuvių kalba
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
French Name
marathe
  
lituanien
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Litauisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Lithuanians
  
Origin
10th century
  
c. 1503
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Baltic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Lithuanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
lt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
lit
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
lit
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
lit
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
lith1251
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
54-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Marathi and Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Lithuanian language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Marathi vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.