Countries
India, Pakistan
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
National Language
Pakistan
India
Second Language
Pakistan
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
India
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
- 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Konkani Language
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
خوش آمديد
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
براہ مہربانی
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
معاف کرنا
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Dakhini
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
India
Kokan
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Varhadi
Where They Speak
India
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Rekhta
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
South Asia
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
اُردُو
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Bihari
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
ourdou
marathe
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Marathi people
Origin
12th Century CE
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Marathi
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
urdu1245
mara1378
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
omr
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
Urdu and Marathi Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Urdu and Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Marathi language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Urdu vs Marathi Difficulty
The Urdu vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu Alphabets and Marathi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Urdu and Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.