1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Israel, Mauritius
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Konkani Language
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Ndiyabulela
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
3.3 How Are You?
Unjani
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
3.7 Good Morning
Molo
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
बाय (Bāya)
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Maharashtrian Konkani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA7,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,900,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
20.00 million71.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million68.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Marathi people
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
10th century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available