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Facts about Marathi[edit | edit source]
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
mar - Autonyms (how to write "Marathi" in Marathi):
मराठी - Other names for "Marathi":
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu - The Marathi language is spoken in:
India
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly by around 120 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 languages with most native speakers in the world. Marathi has the third largest number of native speakers in India, after Hindi and Bengali. The language has some of the oldest literature of all modern Indian languages, dating from around 600 AD. The major dialects of Marathi are Standard Marathi and the Varhadi dialect. Koli, Ahirani Dialect Specially (Khandesh Area)Agri and Malvani Konkani have been heavily influenced by Marathi varieties.
Sources[edit | edit source]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathi_language
Marathi Dictionaries[edit | edit source]
• Maharashtra sabdakosa: Marathi dictionary, by Yasavanta Ramakrshna Date (1950)
• A basic Marathi-English dictionary by Maxine Berntsen (2011)
• The Aryabhusan school dictionary by Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911, updated in 2006)
• Dictionary English and Maráthí by James Thomas Molesworth (1873)
• A dictionary, Marathi and English by James Thomas Molesworth (1857) online search
• A comprehensive dictionary, English and Marathi by Baba Padmanji (1870)
• A compendium of Molesworth's Marathi and English dictionary by Baba Padmanji (1863)
• Dictionary of the Mahratta language by William Carey (1810)
• A dictionary of Old Marathi by Shankar Gopal Tulpule & Anne Feldhaus (2000) or scanned book
• Goethe-Verlag: Marathi-English common phrases & illustrated vocabulary (+ audio)
• Marathi Worldnet: lexical database
- English, bidirectional https://marathidictionary.org/
Sources[edit | edit source]
- https://www.lexilogos.com/english/marathi_dictionary.htm
- https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Internet-Dictionaries
Free Marathi Lessons[edit | edit source]
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Last Lessons[edit | edit source]
Literature — Relationship Phrases — Family Members — Conjunctions — Accommodation Vocabulary — Transportation Vocabulary — Traditions — Dining Phrases — Food Vocabulary — Answering Questions — Question Words — Common Adjectives — Common Verbs — Telling Time — Numbers 1 20 — Subject Object Verb — Introductions — Multilingualism — Language proficiency exams — Language learning resources — Spelling and grammar check — Punctuation — Devanagari script — Fashion — Religion — Sports — Cinema — Science and technology — Travel and tourism — Business and finance