Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
India
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
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
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
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 Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
2.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
marathe
  
slovène
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
10th century
  
972-1093
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Slovene
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Marathi and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Slovene language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Slovene Difficulty
The Marathi vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.