1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India, Manipur
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
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
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
1.9 Similar To
Konkani Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
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)
Yamna nungaijare
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Athengba Ahing
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Not Available
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Nongale haugatl
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Chanbiduna
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Saobiganu
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Eina nangbu nungsi
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Not Available
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Loi
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Bangladesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00273,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Khandesh
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,900,000.001,250,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
71.00 million1.50 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million1.50 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
মৈইতৈইলোন
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Marathi people
Meithei people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
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
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available