1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
1.9 Similar To
Konkani Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic 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
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Asante
3.3 How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Habari gani?
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Usiku mwema
3.5 Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Habari za jioni
3.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
nzuri Alasiri
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Habari za asubuhi
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
tafadhali
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
nakupenda
3.12 Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Samahani
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Kiunguja
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 million150.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
68.00 million15.00 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
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Marathi people
Swahili people or Waswahili
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
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
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available