Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
China, Mongolia
National Language
India
China, Mongolia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Turkish Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Kokan
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Varhadi
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Mongolia
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Not Available
French Name
marathe
mongol
German Name
Marathi
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Marathi people
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Origin
10th century
1224-1225
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Mongolian
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Marathi
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mara1378
mong1331
Linguasphere
omr
part of 44-BAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Marathi and Mongolian 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 Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Mongolian language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Mongolian Difficulty
The Marathi vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Mongolian 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 Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.
