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Marathi vs Nepali


Nepali vs Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
India  
Nepal  

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Konkani Language  
Hindi  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
12  
9

How Many Consonants
36  
26
36  
26

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
कृपया  

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
बाय (Bāya)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Kokan  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
23
790,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Varhadi  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Vidarbha  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
12
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Khandeshi  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Khandesh  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
42  
29
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million  
25
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
1.10 %  
18
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
68.00 million  
16
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
32
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
marathe  
népalais  

German Name
Marathi  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Marathi people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
10th century  
19 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Marathi  
Nepali  

Language Position
17  
15
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mr  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
mar  
nep  

ISO 639 3
mar  
npi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mara1378  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
omr  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Marathi and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Marathi vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Marathi and Nepali language. History of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th century whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Marathi and Nepali Language History.

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Marathi and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Nepali language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Marathi vs Nepali Difficulty

The Marathi vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.

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