Marathi language

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Indo-Aryan language language

Marathi language is an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken in the Indian state of Maharashtra and surrounding regions, with a rich literary tradition and official status in the state.

Aliases (7)

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-Aryan language → language →
branch	Southern Indo-Aryan languages →
developedFrom	Vedic Sanskrit (indirectly) →
earliestInscriptionsDateTo	circa 11th century →
family	Indo-European languages →
hasAncestor	Maharashtri Apabhramsha → Maharashtri Prakrit →
hasDialect	Ahirani → Konkani-influenced coastal dialects → Malvani → Standard Marathi → Varhadi →
hasDigitalSupport	Unicode →
hasGrammaticalFeature	SOV (subject–object–verb) word order → agglutinative case marking → honorific pronouns and verb forms → postpositions instead of prepositions → three grammatical genders →
hasLanguageRegulator	Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad (de facto) →
hasLiteraryTraditionSince	13th century →
hasNotableAuthor	Dnyaneshwar → Eknath → Namdev → P. L. Deshpande → Ramdas Swami → Tukaram → Vijay Tendulkar → Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar (Kusumagraj) →
hasNotableWork	Dasbodh → Dnyaneshwari → Ghashiram Kotwal → Shyamchi Aai → Tukaram’s abhangas →
hasPhonologicalFeature	dental and retroflex consonant distinction → pitch accent in some dialects → three-way stop contrast (voiced, voiceless, aspirated) →
hasWritingSystem	Balbodh variant of Devanagari →
ISO639-1Code	mr →
ISO639-2Code	mar →
ISO639-3Code	mar →
isScheduledLanguageOf	India →
nativeTo	India →
officialLanguageOf	Goa (additional official language) → Maharashtra →
primaryRegion	Chhattisgarh → Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu → Goa → Gujarat → Karnataka → Madhya Pradesh → Maharashtra →
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn	Australia → Canada → India → Israel → Mauritius → United Arab Emirates → United Kingdom → United States →
scriptDirection	left-to-right →
spokenBy	Marathi people →
spokenIn	Aurangabad → Nagpur → Nashik → Pune → urban areas such as Mumbai →
status	one of the major languages of India →
subfamily	Indo-Aryan languages →
usedIn	education in Maharashtra → regional media and cinema in Maharashtra → state administration of Maharashtra →
usesScriptFeature	conjunct consonants → inherent vowel /ə/ → vowel diacritics →
writingSystem	Devanagari script →

Referenced by (86)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bhonsle ("Marathi") → Dasbodh ("Marathi") → Dhondu Pant ("Marathi") → Dnyaneshwari ("Marathi") → Eknath ("Marathi") → Gwalior State ("Marathi") → Khandala ("Marathi") → Konkan ("Marathi") → Lonavala ("Marathi") → Maratha ("Marathi") → Marathi people → Namdev ("Marathi") → Nana Fadnavis ("Marathi") → Newalkar dynasty ("Marathi") → Nizam ("Marathi") → P. L. Deshpande ("Marathi") → Satara ("Marathi") → Shyamchi Aai ("Marathi") → Sindhudurg ("Marathi") →	language
Aurangabad ("Marathi") → Baramati ("Marathi") → Goa ("Marathi") → Karad ("Marathi") → Maharashtra ("Marathi") → Mumbai ("Marathi") → Nagpur ("Marathi") → Nanded ("Marathi") → Nashik ("Marathi") → Panaji ("Marathi") → Pune ("Marathi") → Sangli ("Marathi") → Satara ("Marathi") → Sevagram ("Marathi") →	officialLanguage
Ahirani ("Marathi") → Konkani ("Marathi") → Malvani ("Marathi") → Varhadi ("Standard Marathi") → Varhadi ("Nagpuri Marathi") →	closelyRelatedTo
Hinjawadi IT Park ("Marathi") → Western India ("Marathi") → World War I poetry ("Marathi") →	hasLanguage
Indo-Aryan languages ("Marathi") → Indo-European language family → Indo-Iranian languages ("Marathi") →	includesLanguage
Bal Gangadhar Tilak ("Marathi") → Bombay High Court ("Marathi") → Peshwa ("Marathi") →	languageOfWorkOrName
Nana Sahib ("Marathi") → Sambhaji ("Marathi") → Trimbakeshwar ("Marathi") →	languageSpoken
Indians in South Africa ("Marathi") → Indo-Mauritians ("Marathi") →	heritageLanguage
Indian English ("Marathi") → Mumbai English ("Marathi") →	influencedBy
Baramati ("Marathi") → Pune ("Marathi") →	localLanguage
Central Provinces ("Marathi") → Indians ("Marathi") →	majorLanguage
Maharashtri Prakrit →	ancestorOf
Google Translate ("Marathi") →	availableLanguage
Middle Indo-Aryan ("Marathi") →	developedInto
Lata Mangeshkar ("Marathi") →	ethnicGroup
Marathi people ("Marathi") →	ethnicity
Ahirani ("Khandeshi Marathi") →	hasAlternativeName
Marathi language ("Standard Marathi") →	hasDialect
Ahirani ("Marathi") →	hasInfluenceFrom
Samuel ("Marathi") →	hasLanguageForm
Anish ("Marathi") →	hasLanguageOfUse
Konkani ("Marathi") →	hasSignificantLoanwordsFrom
Sanskrit ("Marathi") →	influenced
Ramdas Swami ("Marathi literature") →	influenceOn
Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India ("Marathi") →	languageListed
Shivaji ("Marathi") →	languageOfAdministration
Star India ("Marathi") →	languageOfContent
Shivaji festival ("Marathi") →	languageOfCulturalContext
Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar ("Marathi") →	languageOfWork
Bombay Island ("Marathi") →	languageRegion
Indian Jews ("Marathi") →	languageUsed
Eknath ("Marathi") →	literaryLanguage
Ahirani ("Marathi language continuum") →	macroLanguageContext
Lata Mangeshkar ("Marathi") →	nativeLanguage
Varhadi ("Marathi dialect continuum") →	partOf
India ("Marathi") →	recognizedLanguage
Malvani ("Marathi") →	sharesVocabularyWith
Varhadi →	subclassOf
Eknath ("Marathi") →	wroteIn