Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India
National Language
India
India
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
Not Available
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Old German Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Not present
Where They Speak
Kokan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Varhadi
Not present
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Not present
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Not Available
French Name
marathe
sanskrit
German Name
Marathi
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Not Available
Origin
10th century
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Marathi
Sanskrit
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mara1378
sans1269
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Marathi and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Sanskrit language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Marathi vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.