Marathi (/məˈrɑːti/;[7]मराठीMarāṭhī[məˈɾaʈʰi]) is anIndo-Aryan leid. It is the offeecial leid oMaharashtra state oIndie an is ane o the 23 offeecialleids o Indie. It is the 19t maist spoken leid in the warld. Thare wur 73 million speakers in 2001. Marathi hars the fowerth lairgest nummer o native speakers in Indie[8][9] Marathi haes some o the auldest literatur o aw modren Indo-European, Indic leids, datin frae aboot 1000 AD.[10] The major dialects o Marathi are cried Staundart Marathi an Warhadi Marathi.[11] Thare are a few ither sub-dialects lik Ahirani, Dangi, Vadvali, Samavedi, Khandeshi, an Malwani. Staundart Marathi is theoffeecial leid o the State o Maharashtra.
↑Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2007" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007
↑The Goa, Daman and Diu Official Language Act, 1987 makes Konkani the sole official language, but provides that Marathi may also be used "for all or any of the official purposes". The Government also has a policy of replying in Marathi to correspondence received in Marathi. Commissioner Linguistic Minorities,42nd report: July 2003 - June 2004Archived 2007-10-08 at theWayback Machine, pp. para 11.3
भारतीय भाषा ज्योति: मराठी —a textbook for learnin Marathi throu Hindi frae the Central Institute o Indian Leids
Dictionaries
Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas).A dictionary, Marathi an Inglis. 2d ed., rev. an enl. Bombay: Printed for govrenment at the Bombay Eddication Society's press, 1857.
