1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India
India, Pakistan, Sindh
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
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
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.
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
1.9 Similar To
Konkani Language
Gujarati
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Prakrit Language
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
Devanagari
Arabic, Devanagari
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Assalam O Alaikum
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Meharbani
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Kehra haal aahin
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
tava kia aayo
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Sham Jo Salam
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Assalam o Alaikum
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Subho Bakhair
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Moon khe afsos aahe
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Maaf Kajo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Siraiki
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00NA
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 million29.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Marathi people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Not Available
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
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available