Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Moldova, Romania
  
India
  
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Interesting Facts
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
alo
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
multumesc
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
noapte Buna
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
buna Seara
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Vă Rog
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
scuze
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
La revedere
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Te iubesc
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Aromanian
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million
  
30
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Română
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
roumain; moldave
  
marathe
  
German Name
Rumänisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Romanians
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
1521
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Romanian
  
Marathi
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ro
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ron
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
rum
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
ron
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
roma1327
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available