Marathi language

E3586

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.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Marathi	448
Marathi language canonical	16
Standard Marathi	4
Khandeshi Marathi	2
Marathi language continuum	2
Koli dialects of Marathi	1
Marathi dialect continuum	1
Marathi literature	1
Nagpuri Marathi	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T28277 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Marathi language
Context triple: [Indo-European language family, includesLanguage, Marathi language]

A. Indian English
Indian English is the set of English dialects and usage patterns characteristic of India, shaped by its diverse local languages, cultures, and colonial history.
B. English
English is a widely spoken West Germanic language that serves as a global lingua franca in education, business, science, and international communication.
C. India
India is a large South Asian country known for its vast population, cultural and linguistic diversity, and rapid economic growth.
D. Haitian Creole
Haitian Creole is a French-based creole language spoken primarily in Haiti and its diaspora, recognized as one of the country's official languages and used in education, media, and religious life.
E. Arabic
Arabic is a Semitic language widely spoken across the Arab world and used as a liturgical language in Islam.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Marathi language
Target entity description: 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.

A. Indian English
Indian English is the set of English dialects and usage patterns characteristic of India, shaped by its diverse local languages, cultures, and colonial history.
B. English
English is a widely spoken West Germanic language that serves as a global lingua franca in education, business, science, and international communication.
C. India
India is a large South Asian country known for its vast population, cultural and linguistic diversity, and rapid economic growth.
D. Haitian Creole
Haitian Creole is a French-based creole language spoken primarily in Haiti and its diaspora, recognized as one of the country's official languages and used in education, media, and religious life.
E. Arabic
Arabic is a Semitic language widely spoken across the Arab world and used as a liturgical language in Islam.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (76)

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 ⓘ