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Urdu vs Marathi


Marathi vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

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

Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
16  
13

How Many Consonants
40  
29
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
42  
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
71.00 million  
25

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
1.10 %  
18

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  

History

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  

Language Position
20  
18
17  
15

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Urdu and Marathi Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Marathi language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Marathi language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Urdu and Marathi Language History.

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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.

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