Language/Marathi/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation
After acquiring a strong foundation in this lesson, these related topics might pique your curiosity: Say Hello and Greetings in Marathi, Marathi Grammar: Introduction to Marathi grammar: Verbs.
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by Marathi people of Maharashtra, India. It is one of the 22 languages of India and has the third largest number of native speakers in India, after Hindi and Bengali.
The Marathi language alphabets are called as मराठी वर्णमाला, मराठी मुळाक्षरे and the Marathi is written in Devnagari, Balabodh (बाळबोध) script.
Without learning the Marathi alphabets you will not be able to learn the Marathi language. Therefore, it is very important to understand the basics of these alphabets first.
You will have to study the 36 consonants (व्यंजन) and the 14 vowels (स्वर) listed in the table below.
Marathi Alphabet Table[edit | edit source]
Marathi Alphabet Consonants (व्यंजन)[edit | edit source]
In the Marathi language, consonants are called मराठी वर्णमाला व्यंजन (Vyanjan).
Letter | क | ख | ग | घ | ङ | च | छ | ज | झ | ञ | ट | ठ | ड | ढ | ण | त | थ | द | ध | न | प | फ | ब | भ | म | य | र | ऱ | ल | व | श | ष | स | ह | ळ | क्ष | ज्ञ |
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Name | ka | kha | ga | gha | ṅa | ca | cha | ja | jha | ña | ṭa | ṭha | ḍa | ḍha | ṇa | ta | tha | da | dha | na | pa | pha | ba | bha | ma | ya | ra | ṟa | la | va | śa | ṣa | sa | ha | kṣa | jña | śra |
IPA | kə | kʰə | ɡə | ɡʱə | ŋə | t͡sə, t͡ʃə | t͡sʰə | ɟjə, zə | ɟjʱə, zʱə | ɲə | ʈə | ʈʰə | ɖə | ɖʱə | ɳə | t̪ə | t̪ʰə | d̪ə | d̪ʱə | nə | pə | pʰə, fə | bə | bʱə | mə | jə | rə | ɽə | lə | wə, və | ʃə | ʂə | sə | ɦə | kʃə | ɟjɲə | ʃrə |
Marathi Alphabet Vowels (स्वर)[edit | edit source]
Vowels are called as मराठी वर्णमाला स्वर (Swar).
Letter | अ | आ | इ | ई | उ | ऊ | ऋ | ए | ऐ | ओ | औ | अं | अः |
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Diacritic | ◌ | ा | ि | ी | ु | ू | ृ | ॅ | ै | ो | ौ | ं | ः |
Name | a | ā | i | ī | u | ū | ṛ | e | ai | o | au | aṃ | aḥ |
IPA | ə | a | i | iː | u | uː | ṛu | e | əi | o | əu | əⁿ | əh |