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Quick Stats

  • Official language of�: Maharashtra & Goa, India
  • Speakers�: 90 million
    • Native�: 70 million
    • Non-native�: 20 million
  • Family�: Indo Aryan
  • Script�: Devanagari
  • ISO 639-1 Code�: mr
  • ISO 639-2/3 Code: mar

Marathi is the masin language of Maharashtra, India. Marathi is written in the Devanagari script, like Hindi and some other Indian languages. It is the 4th most widely-spoken language in India, after Hindi, Bengali and Telugu. Regional literature in Marathi dates back to around 1000 AD.

Marathi grammar is largely based on Sanskrit and Pali. Around 60% or more of the nouns in Marathi are derived directly from Sanskrit. Also, Marathi shares many words with Hindi. Unlike Hindi but like Sanskrit, Marathi has not 2 but 3 genders: masculine, feminine and neutral. Figuring out the gender of a word can sometimes be difficult, especially for English speakers.

Goa was a Portuguese colony from the 16th to the 20th century, as a result of which Marathi has had influence from the Portuguese language. बटाटा (ba-tA-tA, potato) is a common example used in everyday speech.


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