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Sanskrit and Marathi


Marathi and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India   
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
India   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Israel, Mauritius   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language   
Konkani Language   

Derived From
Prakrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
16   
13

How Many Consonants
36   
26
36   
26

Scripts
Devanagari   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks   
5
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः   
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार   
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   

Please
कृपया (kripayā)   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   
बाय (Bāya)   

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Maharashtrian Konkani   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Kokan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,400,000.00   
23

Dialect 2
Not present   
Varhadi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Vidarbha   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 3
Not present   
Khandeshi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Khandesh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
42   
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million   
99+
71.00 million   
25

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.10 %   
18

Native Speakers
14.10 million   
99+
68.00 million   
16

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
3.00 million   
32

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   
मराठी (marāṭhī)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   

French Name
sanskrit   
marathe   

German Name
Sanskrit   
Marathi   

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Marathi people   

History

Origin
2000 B.C.   
10th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit   
Maharashtri Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Sanskrit   
Marathi   

Language Position
Not Available   
17   
15

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sa   
mr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san   
mar   

ISO 639 2/B
san   
mar   

ISO 639 3
san   
mar   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sans1269   
mara1378   

Linguasphere
No data available   
omr   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Sanskrit and Marathi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Sanskrit and Marathi dialects. Various dialects of Sanskrit and Marathi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sanskrit are spoken in different Sanskrit Speaking Countries whereas Marathi Dialects are spoken in different Marathi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sanskrit vs Marathi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani , Varhadi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sanskrit and Marathi Speaking population

Sanskrit and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Sanskrit and Marathi on Sanskrit vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Marathi Language Codes

Sanskrit and Marathi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sanskrit and Marathi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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