Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Sweden
  
India
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
vänligen
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
hej då
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Svenska
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
suédois
  
marathe
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
13th Century
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Marathi
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available