https://rosettapanglossia.longnow.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Marathi_Language_%28mar%29Marathi Language (mar) - Revision history2026-10-16T20:32:11ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.1https://rosettapanglossia.longnow.org/index.php?title=Marathi_Language_(mar)&diff=42692&oldid=prevRosbot: New page: <table valign=top> <tr> <td valign=top align=left width="50%"> <table valign=top> <tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Maharathi,Marthi,Muruthu,Maharashtra,Malhatee,Marathi ...2009-08-13T19:08:09Z<p>New page: <table valign=top> <tr> <td valign=top align=left width="50%"> <table valign=top> <tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Maharathi,Marthi,Muruthu,Maharashtra,Malhatee,Marathi ...</p>
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Marathi (मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of south western India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are 90 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi is the 4th most spoken language in India and the 15th most spoken language in the world. Marathi is the oldest of the regional literatures in Indo-Aryan languages, dating from about AD 1000.<br />
Marathi is estimated to be more than 1300 years old, evolving from Sanskrit through Prakrit and Apabhramsha. Its grammar and syntax derive from Pali and Prakrit. In ancient times, Marathi was called Maharashtri, Marhatti, Mahratti etc.<br />
Peculiar features of Marathi linguistic culture include Marathi drama, with its unique flavour of 'Sangeet Natak' (musical dramas), scholarly discourses called 'Vasant Vyakhyanmala' (Lectures in Spring), Marathi folk dance called 'Lavani', and special editions of magazines for Diwali called 'Diwali anka'.<br />
Marathi is primarily spoken in Maharashtra and parts of neighboring states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Chattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh, union-territories of Daman-diu and Dadra Nagar Haveli. The cities of Baroda, Surat, Ahmedabad and<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=20617 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr><br />
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<tr><td>Detailed Description:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_mar_detail-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_mar_detail-1 (browse)] </td></tr><br />
<tr><td>Genesis Translation:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_mar_gen-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_mar_gen-1 (browse)] </td></tr><br />
<tr><td>Grammar:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_mar_morsyn-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_mar_morsyn-1 (browse)] </td></tr><br />
<tr><td>Orthography:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_mar_ortho-2 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_mar_ortho-2 (browse)] </td></tr><br />
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<tr><td>Vernacular Text:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_mar_vertxt-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_mar_vertxt-1 (browse)] </td></tr><br />
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<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/india India]</td></tr><br />
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<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/asia Asia] <br />
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-1 Code: </b></td><td>mr</td></tr><br />
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>mar</td></tr><br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Indo-European Group]]<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Indo-Iranian Group]]<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Southern zone Group]]<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>[[Marathi Language]]</b><br />
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