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
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Bye
الوداع
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
اُردُو
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
ourdou
  
marathe
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Marathi
  
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
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
ur
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.