Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
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
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- 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
Czech Language
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Prosím
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
slovenčina
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
slovaque
  
marathe
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
6th Century
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Western
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Marathi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available