Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Sri Lanka
National Language
India
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Vedda
Where They Speak
Kokan
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Varhadi
Not Available
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Not Available
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
marathe
singhalais
German Name
Marathi
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Marathi
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mara1378
sinh1246
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Marathi and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Sinhalese language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Marathi vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.