Marathi language

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
language
branch Indo-Aryan languages
surface form: Southern Indo-Aryan languages
developedFrom Sanskrit
surface form: Vedic Sanskrit (indirectly)
earliestInscriptionsDateTo circa 11th century
family Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
hasAncestor Maharashtri Prakrit
surface form: Maharashtri Apabhramsha

Maharashtri Prakrit
hasDialect Ahirani
Konkani-influenced coastal dialects
Konkan
surface form: Malvani

Marathi language self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 Dnyaneshwari
surface form: Dnyaneshwar

Eknath
Namdev
P. L. Deshpande
Ramdas Swami
Tukaram’s abhangas
surface form: Tukaram

Vijay Tendulkar
Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar (Kusumagraj)
hasNotableWork Dasbodh
Dnyaneshwari
Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar (Kusumagraj)
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: 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

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India recognizedLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Indian English influencedBy Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Central Provinces majorLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Marathi language hasDialect Marathi language self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Standard Marathi
Sanskrit influenced Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Indo-Aryan languages includesLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Goa officialLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Mumbai officialLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Google Translate availableLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Konkan language Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Nana Sahib languageSpoken Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Pune officialLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Pune localLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Samuel hasLanguageForm Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Indians in South Africa heritageLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Marathi people ethnicity Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Marathi people language Marathi language
Nagpur officialLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Maharashtra officialLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Dnyaneshwari language Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Shyamchi Aai language Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Maharashtri Prakrit ancestorOf Marathi language
Dasbodh language Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Indian Jews languageUsed Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Ramdas Swami influenceOn Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi literature
Varhadi subclassOf Marathi language
Varhadi partOf Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi dialect continuum
Varhadi closelyRelatedTo Marathi language
this entity surface form: Standard Marathi
Varhadi closelyRelatedTo Marathi language
this entity surface form: Nagpuri Marathi
Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar (Kusumagraj) languageOfWork Marathi language
subject surface form: Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar
this entity surface form: Marathi
Lata Mangeshkar ethnicGroup Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Lata Mangeshkar nativeLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Mumbai English influencedBy Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
P. L. Deshpande language Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Namdev language Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Eknath language Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Eknath literaryLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Eknath wroteIn Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Indo-Iranian languages includesLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Western India hasLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Ahirani closelyRelatedTo Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Ahirani hasAlternativeName Marathi language
this entity surface form: Khandeshi Marathi
Ahirani hasInfluenceFrom Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Ahirani macroLanguageContext Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi language continuum
Baramati officialLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Baramati localLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Bombay Island languageRegion Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Aurangabad officialLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Sangli officialLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi