Countries
West Java
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
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
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Halo
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Nuhun
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Mangga
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Hapunten
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Punten
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Western dialect
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Banten
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Bogor
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Bandung
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Not Available
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
soundanais
  
marathe
  
German Name
Sundanesisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
5th century AD
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Sundanese
  
Marathi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
su
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sun
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
sun
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
sun
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sund1251
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available