1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Madagascar
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
1.4 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
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
1.9 Similar To
Konkani Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Misaotra
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Manao ahoana!
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Alina tsara
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Manao ahoana e
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Manao ahoana e
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Maraina tsara
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Miala tsiny
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Tiako ianao.
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Azafady
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Eastern Malagasy
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
71.00 millionNA
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million18.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Fiteny Malagasy
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Malagasy Sign Language
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Marathi
Malagassi-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Marathi people
Malagasy people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Austronesian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Marathi
standard Malagasy
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available