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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Ahmednagar officialLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Ahmednagar majorLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Sara Tendulkar languageSpoken Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Sara Tendulkar ethnicGroup Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Batatyachi Chaal language Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Batatyachi Chaal hasTitleLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Marathi literature language Marathi language
Kolhapur officialLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Kolhapur spokenLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Yeola hasLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Yeola hasOfficialLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
South Asian American languageUsed Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Marathi theatre primaryLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Varkari community associatedLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Indore State language Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Shevanti Mangeshkar ethnicGroup Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Marathwada officialLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Khandesh language Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Khandesh hasDialect Marathi language
this entity surface form: Khandeshi Marathi
Sakharam Binder language Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Apoorvai language Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Lakshmi Godse ethnicGroup Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Lakshmi Godse languageSpoken Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Varhadi dialect subclassOf Marathi language
Varhadi dialect partOf Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi language continuum
Varhadi dialect closelyRelatedTo Marathi language
this entity surface form: Standard Marathi
Tuka language Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Usha Mangeshkar languageOfWorkOrName Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Samarth Ramdas language Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Indo-Aryan cultural sphere includesModernLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Kusumagraj languageOfWorkOrName Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Pandharpur language Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Sunidhi Chauhan languageOfSinging Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Pu La Deshpande language Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Jalgaon district officialLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Jalgaon district language Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Bombay State language Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Gopal nativeLanguage Marathi language
subject surface form: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
this entity surface form: Marathi
H. J. Kania languageOfWorkOrName Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Vishakha language Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Meena Khadikar languageOfWorkOrName Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Meena Khadikar ethnicGroup Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Dhule district officialLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Jnaneshwar workLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Bhimrao languageOfUse Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Yavatmal officialLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Solapur officialLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Solapur majorLanguage Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Dalit languageOfTerm Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi
Dalit Buddhist movement languageOfDiscourse Marathi language
this entity surface form: Marathi