Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Macedonia
  
National Language
India
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
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
  
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
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.
  
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
жал (žal)
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
Чао (Čao)
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
2.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
French Name
marathe
  
macédonien
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Makedonisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Macedonians
  
Origin
10th century
  
2200 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Macedonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic
  
Marathi and Macedonian 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 Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Macedonian language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Macedonian Difficulty
The Marathi vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Macedonian 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 Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.