Kannada to Marathi Translation
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All 198 language pairsAbout Kannada and Marathi
Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) is a Dravidian language, from the language family of South India, spoken in Karnataka, where it is the official language. It is written in the Kannada script: its letters are round and close relatives of Telugu letters, as both come from the same older script. About 4.4 crore (44 million) people in India speak it as their first language (Census 2011).
Marathi (मराठी) is an Indo-Aryan language (Indo-European family), descended from the same roots as Sanskrit, spoken in Maharashtra, where it is the official language, and Goa. It is written in Devanagari: each consonant carries a built-in "a" sound, other vowels are added as signs (matras), and a line across the top (shirorekha) joins the letters of a word. About 8.3 crore (83 million) people in India speak it as their first language (Census 2011).
How Kannada and Marathi compare
- Kannada is written in the Kannada script and Marathi in Devanagari, so the translation changes the script as well as the words.
- Kannada is Dravidian and Marathi is Indo-Aryan: the grammar and most everyday words differ, although both use words that come from Sanskrit.
- Both usually put words in the order subject–object–verb, with the verb at the end, which keeps sentences close in shape.
| Kannada | Marathi | |
|---|---|---|
| Script | Kannada script | Devanagari |
| Letters | ಅ ಆ ಇ ಈ ಉ ಕ ಖ ಗ | अ आ इ ई उ क ख ळ |
| Hello | ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ | नमस्कार |
| Thank you | ಧನ್ಯವಾದ | धन्यवाद |
| Written | Left to right | Left to right |
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Do Kannada and Marathi use the same script?
No. Kannada uses the Kannada script and Marathi uses Devanagari.
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