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Marathi (English: /məˈrɑːti/;[7] मराठी, Marāṭhī, Marathi: [məˈɾaʈʰi] is an Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly by around 83 million Marathi people of Maharashtra, India. It is the official language and co-official language in the Maharashtra and Goa states of Western India, respectively and is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India. With 83 million speakers as 2011, Marathi ranks 10th in the list of most spoken languages in the world. Marathi has the third largest number of native speakers in India, after Hindi and Bengali.[8] The language has some of the oldest literature of all modern Indian languages, dating from around 600 AD.[9] The major dialects of Marathi are Standard Marathi and the Varhadi dialect.[10] Koli, Agri and Malvani Konkani have been heavily influenced by Marathi varieties.
Marathi
मराठी, , Marāṭhī
Devanāgarī and Modi scripts.svg
"Marathi" in Devanagari and Modi script
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Native to
India
Region
Maharashtra
Ethnicity
Marathis
Native speakers
83 million (2011)[1]
L2 speakers: 12 million[1]
Language family
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Aryan
Southern Indo-Aryan
Maharashtri
Marathi–Konkani
Marathi
Early form
Maharashtri Prakrit
Dialects
Maharashtrian Konkani
Varhadi Marathi
Thanjavur Marathi
East Indian Marathi
Judeo-Marathi
Writing system
Devanagari (Balbodh)[2]
Devanagari Braille
Modi (historical/traditional)[3]
Signed forms
Indian Signing System
Official status
Official language in
India
Maharashtra
Goa
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu[4]
Regulated by
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad & various other institutions
Language codes
ISO 639-1
mr
ISO 639-2
mar
ISO 639-3
Either:
mar – Modern Marathi
omr – Old Marathi
Linguist List
omr Old Marathi
Glottolog
mara1378 Modern Marathi[5]
oldm1244 Old Marathi[6]
Linguasphere
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Idioma marathi.png
Marathi distinguishes inclusive and exclusive forms of 'we' and possesses a three-way gender system that features the neuter in addition to the masculine and the feminine. In its phonology, it contrasts apico-alveolar with alveopalatal affricates and alveolar with retroflex laterals ([l] and [ɭ] (Marathi letters ल and ळ respectively).[11]